Proverbs 18:3
With wickedness comes contempt; with dishonor comes disgrace.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
In Context
2Stupid people have no interest in trying to understand, they only want to express their opinions.
4People's words can be profound like deep waters, a gushing stream that is the source of wisdom.
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:4I prayed, “Lord, please listen to us, because we are being treated with contempt. Rain down their insults on their own heads! Let them be taken away like plunder, prisoners in a foreign land!
Psalms 69:20Insults have broken my heart—I am so sick there is no cure. I looked for some sympathy, but there was no one! Nobody showed me any compassion.
Proverbs 11:2With pride comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.
Proverbs 22:10Get rid of the scornful, and you'll get rid of conflict too—no more arguments or insults!
Matthew 27:39Those who passed by shouted insults at him, shaking their heads,
1 Peter 4:14If you are cursed in Christ's name, you're blessed, for God's glorious Spirit rests on you.
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 →