“Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.”
King James Version (KJV)
22:8 The rod - That power which he used with fury shall be taken from him.
22:9 He - Who looks upon the wants and miseries of others with compassion.
22:12 Preserve - God by the watchful eye of his providence maintains and defends. Knowledge - Men of knowledge, knowing and good men. The matters - All his hopes, enterprizes, and concerns.