King James Version
Proverbs 18:3
3When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
Proverbs 18:3 in other versions
- New International Version (NIV)When wickedness comes, so does contempt, and with shame comes reproach.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When wickedness comes, contempt comes also, and with dishonor comes disgrace.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When the wicked comes, contempt comes also; And with dishonor comes reproach.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Doing wrong leads to disgrace, and scandalous behavior brings contempt.
Context of Proverbs 18:3
1Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. 2A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. 4The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. 5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Read all of Proverbs 18Proverbs 18:3 word by word
בְּֽבוֹא־רָ֭שָׁע בָּ֣א גַם־בּ֑וּז וְֽעִם־קָל֥וֹן חֶרְפָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 18:3
- Proverbs 11:2When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
- Proverbs 22:10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
- Proverbs 29:16When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
- 1 Samuel 20:30Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?
- Nehemiah 4:4Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
- Psalms 69:9For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
- Psalms 123:3Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
- Matthew 27:39And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
- 1 Peter 4:4Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
Commentaries on Proverbs 18:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3When the wicked cometh, etc. - would it not be better to read this verse thus? "When the wicked cometh contempt cometh; and with ignominy cometh reproach." A wicked man is despised even by the wicked. He who falls under ignominy falls under reproach.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3With ignominy - Better, “together with baseness comes reproach.” The outer shame follows close upon the inner.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3Verse 3 As soon as sin entered, shame followed.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. So surely are sin and punishment connected (Pr 16:4). wicked, for "wickedness," answers to ignominy, or the state of such; and contempt, the feeling of others to them; and to reproach, a manifestation of contempt.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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