Proverbs 18:3
When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 lay itself bare.
4The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters; a flowing brook, a fountain of wisdom.
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:4(3-36) Hear, O our God; for we are despised; and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up to spoiling in a land of captivity;
Psalms 69:20(69-21) Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am sore sick; and I looked for some to show compassion, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Proverbs 11:2When pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom.
Proverbs 22:10Cast out the scorner, and contention will go out; yea, strife and shame will cease.
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 →