Proverbs 18:3
When a wicked person comes, contempt comes with him— 1 along with shame and reproach. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
In Context
2A fool finds no pleasure in understanding, 1 but only in revealing what is in his own heart. 1
4The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; 1 the fountain of wisdom is a flowing stream. 1
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:4Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn back their taunts on their own heads and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are prisoners.
Psalms 69:20Rebuke has broken my heart; I am full of heaviness; 1 I looked for someone to take pity, but there was none; 1 I looked for comforters, but I found none. 1
Proverbs 11:2When pride comes, then comes disgrace, 1 but with humility comes wisdom. 1
Proverbs 22:10Drive away the mocker, and out goes strife; 1 disputes and insults will cease. 1
Matthew 27:39Those who passed by insulted him, shaking their heads
1 Peter 4:14If you are insulted for Christ's name, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God is resting 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 →