The interpretation timeline

Prov 22:10

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

Prov 22:10 · Douay-Rheims

“Cast out the scoffer, and contention shall go out with him, and quarrels and reproaches shall cease.”

Patristic before A.D. 750

379

A.D.

Basil of Caesarea Patristic

c. A.D. 330–379

“If some persist in their disobedience, finding fault in secret and not openly stating their grievance, thus becoming the cause of quarreling in the community and undermining the authority of the commands given, they should be dismissed from the community as teachers of disobedience and rebellion. For the Scripture says, "Cast out the scoffer from the council, and contention shall go out with him" and also, "Put away the evil one from yourselves, for a little leaven corrupts the whole lump."”

Source

356 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet

735

A.D.

Bede Patristic

A.D. 673–735

“"Drive out the scoffer, and strife will go out," etc. Drive out the heretic whom you cannot correct from the Church; and when you take away his freedom to preach, you contribute to the peace of the Catholic Church.”

Source

Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.