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Proverbs 18:3
3When wickedness comes, so does contempt, and with shame comes reproach.
Proverbs 18:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy 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
1An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends and against all sound judgment starts quarrels. 2Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. When wickedness comes, so does contempt, and with shame comes reproach. 4The words of the mouth are deep waters, but the fountain of wisdom is a rushing stream. 5It is not good to be partial to the wicked and so deprive the innocent of justice.
Read all of Proverbs 18Proverbs 18:3 word by word
בְּֽבוֹא־רָ֭שָׁע בָּ֣א גַם־בּ֑וּז וְֽעִם־קָל֥וֹן חֶרְפָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 18:3
- Proverbs 11:2When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
- Proverbs 22:10Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.
- Proverbs 29:16When the wicked thrive, so does sin, but the righteous will see their downfall.
- 1 Samuel 20:30Saul’s anger flared up at Jonathan and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you have sided with the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?
- Nehemiah 4:4Hear us, our God, for we are despised. Turn their insults back on their own heads. Give them over as plunder in a land of captivity.
- Psalms 69:9for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me.
- Psalms 123:3Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us, for we have endured no end of contempt.
- Matthew 27:39Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads
- 1 Peter 4:4They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on 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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