Proverbs 18:3 · KJV
“When the wicked cometh, {then} cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.”
— Proverbs 18:3
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
The words of a man's mouth {are as} deep waters, {and} the wellspring of wisdom {as} a flowing brook.
Proverbs 18 — Context
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh {and} intermeddleth with all wisdom. {Through...: or, He that separateth himself seeketh according to his desire, and intermeddleth in every business}
2A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
3When the wicked cometh, {then} cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
4The words of a man's mouth {are as} deep waters, {and} the wellspring of wisdom {as} a flowing brook.
5{It is} not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Cross References
1 Peter 4:14
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy {are ye}; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
Proverbs 22:10
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
Proverbs 11:2
{When} pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly {is} wisdom.
Proverbs 29:16
When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
1 Peter 4:4
Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with {them} to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of {you}:
Nehemiah 4:4
Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: {despised: Heb. despite}
Psalms 69:20
Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked {for some} to take pity, but {there was} none; and for comforters, but I found none. {to take...: Heb. to lament with me}
Psalms 123:3-4
Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt.