Proverbs 18:3
When a wicked man comes, contempt also comes, and with disgrace, reproach.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
In Context
2A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may reveal itself.
4The words of a man's mouth are deep waters. The wellspring of wisdom is a flowing brook.
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:4Hear, O our God, for we are despised, and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up for a spoil in a land of captivity,
Psalms 69:20Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.
Proverbs 11:2When pride comes, then comes shame, but with the lowly is wisdom.
Proverbs 22:10Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out, yea, strife and reproach will cease.
Matthew 27:39And those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads,
1 Peter 4:14Blessed are ye if ye are reviled for the name of Christ, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. From them he is indeed blasphemed, but from you he is glorified.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:3
2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. A fool may pretend to understanding, and to seek and intermeddle with the means of it, but, 1. He has no true delight in it; it is only to please his friends or save his credit; he does not love his book, nor his business, nor his Bible, nor his prayers; he would rather be playing the fool with his sports. Those who take no pleasure in learning or religion will make nothing to purpose of either. No progress is made in them if they… Read the whole commentary →