Proverbs 18:3
With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
In Context
2A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.
4The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:4Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.
Psalms 69:20Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
Proverbs 11:2When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
Proverbs 22:10Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
Matthew 27:39And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
1 Peter 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. Indeed, 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 →