Proverbs 18:3
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with dishonorable acts, disgrace.
Leeser Tanakh
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 in laying open what is in his heart.
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:4(3:36) Hear, O our God! how we are become a scorn; and bring their reproach back upon their own head, and give them up for prey in the land of captivity.
Psalms 69:20(69:21) Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am sick; and I waited for pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
Proverbs 11:2When pride cometh, then cometh disgrace; but with the modest there is wisdom.
Proverbs 22:10Drive away the scorner, and strife will go off; and then will cease contention and dishonor.
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 →