Proverbs 18:3
When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
In Context
2A fool hath no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may reveal itself.
4The words of a man's mouth are deep waters, [and] the fountain of wisdom is a gushing brook.
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:4Hear, our God, for we are despised, and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in a land of captivity!
Psalms 69:20Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am overwhelmed: and I looked for sympathy, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Proverbs 11:2[When] pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom.
Proverbs 22:10Cast out the scorner, and contention will depart, and strife and ignominy shall cease.
Matthew 27:39But the passers-by reviled him, shaking their heads
1 Peter 4:14If ye are reproached in [the] name of Christ, blessed [are ye]; for the [Spirit] of glory and the Spirit of God rests upon you: [on their part he is blasphemed, but on your part 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 →