Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease.
And one of the sons of Jehoiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was the son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I chased him from me.
Him who slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. The man of haughty looks and arrogant heart I will not endure.
A fool's lips bring strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.
“Scoffer” is the name of the proud, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
God judges those outside. “Drive out the wicked person from among you.”
And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man to his home.