10 Drive out the scoffer , and contention will go out, Even strife and dishonor will cease .
11 He who loves purity of heart And whose speech is gracious , the king is his friend .
12 The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge , But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man.
13 The sluggard says , "There is a lion outside ; I will be killed in the streets !"
14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit ; He who is cursed of the Lord will fall into it.
15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child ; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.
16 He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself Or who gives to the rich , will only come to poverty .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 22:10-16
Commentary on Proverbs 22:10
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Profane scoffers and revilers disturb the peace.
Commentary on Proverbs 22:11
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God will be the Friend of a man in whose spirit there is no guile; this honour have all the saints.
Commentary on Proverbs 22:12
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God turns the counsels and designs of treacherous men to their own confusion.
Commentary on Proverbs 22:13
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The slothful man talks of a lion without, but considers not his real danger from the devil, that roaring lion within, and from his own slothfulness, which kills him.
Commentary on Proverbs 22:14
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The vile sin of licentiousness commonly besots the mind beyond recovery.
Commentary on Proverbs 22:15
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Sin is foolishness, it is in the heart, there is an inward inclination to sin: children bring it into the world with them; and it cleaves close to the soul. We all need to be corrected by our heavenly Father.
Commentary on Proverbs 22:16
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We are but stewards, and must distribute what God intrusts to our care, according to his will.