Proverbs 18:3
בְּֽבוֹא ־ רָשָׁע בָּא גַם ־ בּוּז וְֽעִם ־ קָלוֹן חֶרְפָּֽה ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
In Context
2לֹֽא ־ יַחְפֹּץ כְּסִיל בִּתְבוּנָה כִּי אִֽם ־ בְּהִתְגַּלּוֹת לִבּֽוֹ ׃
4מַיִם עֲמֻקִּים דִּבְרֵי פִי ־ אִישׁ נַחַל נֹבֵעַ מְקוֹר חָכְמָֽה ׃
Cross References
Nehemiah 4:4וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוּדָה כָּשַׁל כֹּחַ הַסַּבָּל וְהֶעָפָר הַרְבֵּה וַאֲנַחְנוּ לֹא נוּכַל לִבְנוֹת בַּחוֹמָֽה ׃
Psalms 69:20אַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ חֶרְפָּתִי וּבָשְׁתִּי וּכְלִמָּתִי נֶגְדְּךָ כָּל ־ צוֹרְרָֽי ׃
Proverbs 11:2בָּֽא ־ זָדוֹן וַיָּבֹא קָלוֹן וְֽאֶת ־ צְנוּעִים חָכְמָֽה ׃
Proverbs 22:10גָּרֵֽשׁ לֵץ וְיֵצֵא מָדוֹן וְיִשְׁבֹּת דִּין וְקָלֽוֹן ׃
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 →