Proverbs 18:3
When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
In Context
2A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.
4The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters. The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:4“Hear, our God, for we are despised. Turn back their reproach on their own head. Give them up for a plunder in a land of captivity.
Psalms 69:20Reproach has broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; for comforters, but I found none.
Proverbs 11:2When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.
Proverbs 22:10Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
Matthew 27:39Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads
1 Peter 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Messiah, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 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 →