New American Standard Bible 1995
Proverbs 18:3
3When a wicked man comes, contempt also comes, And with dishonor comes scorn.
Proverbs 18:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
- 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.
Context of Proverbs 18:3
1He who separates himself seeks his own desire, He quarrels against all sound wisdom. 2A fool does not delight in understanding, But only in revealing his own mind. When a wicked man comes, contempt also comes, And with dishonor comes scorn. 4The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; The fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook. 5To show partiality to the wicked is not good, Nor to thrust aside 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 comes, then comes dishonor, But with the humble is wisdom.
- Proverbs 22:10Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out, Even strife and dishonor will cease.
- Proverbs 29:16When the wicked increase, transgression increases; But the righteous will see their fall.
- 1 Samuel 20:30Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you are choosing the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?
- Nehemiah 4:4Hear, O our God, how we are despised! Return their reproach on their own heads and give them up for plunder in a land of captivity.
- Psalms 69:9For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.
- Psalms 123:3Be gracious to us, O Lord, be gracious to us, For we are greatly filled with contempt.
- Matthew 27:39And those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads
- 1 Peter 4:4In all this, they are surprised that you do not run with them into the same excesses of dissipation, and they malign 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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