Proverbs 18:3
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt; And with baseness, shame.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
In Context
2The fool hath no delight in understanding, But rather in revealing his own mind.
4The words of a man's mouth are deep waters, And the wellspring of wisdom is an overflowing brook.
Cross References
Psalms 69:20Reproach hath broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness; I look for pity, but there is none; For comforters, but find none.
Proverbs 11:2When pride cometh, then cometh disgrace; But with the humble is wisdom.
Proverbs 22:10Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out; Yea, strife and reproach will cease.
Matthew 27:39And they who passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
1 Peter 4:14If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye for the Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon 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 →