Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.
One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite. And I drove him away from me.
Whoever slanders their neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; whoever has haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not tolerate.
The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.
The proud and arrogant person—“Mocker” is his name— behaves with insolent fury.
If they still refuse to listen, tell it to the church; and if they refuse to listen even to the church, treat them as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked person from among you.”
When the Israelites saw that Abimelek was dead, they went home.