Proverbs 18 · Verse 3

Proverbs 18:3

When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
Proverbs 18:3, King James Version

Proverbs 18:3 in other translations

BSBWith a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace.
WEBWhen wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.
ASVWhen the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, And with ignominy cometh reproach.
YLTWith the coming of the wicked come also hath contempt, And with shame--reproach.
DARBYWhen the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
BBEWhen the evil-doer comes, a low opinion comes with him, and with the loss of honour comes shame.
WebsterWhen the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

What does Proverbs 18:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. So surely are sin and punishment connected (Pr 16:4). wicked, for "wickedness," answers to ignominy, or the state of such; and contempt, the feeling of others to them; and to reproach, a manifestation of contempt.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 When the wicked cometh, etc. - would it not be better to read this verse thus? "When the wicked cometh contempt cometh; and with ignominy cometh reproach." A wicked man is despised even by the wicked. He who falls under ignominy falls under reproach.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
As soon as sin entered, shame followed.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 18:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּֽבוֹא\־be.Vo'-when comesH935
רָ֭שָׁעRa.sho'a wicked [person]H7563
בָּ֣אba'it comesH935
גַם\־gam-alsoH1571
בּ֑וּזBuzcontemptH937
וְֽעִם\־ve.'im-and withH5973
קָל֥וֹןka.LonshameH7036
חֶרְפָּֽה\׃cher.PahreproachH2781

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 18:3

  • Proverbs 22:10

    Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

  • 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 11:2

    When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

  • 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:

  • Proverbs 29:16

    When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

  • Psalms 123:3-4

    Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.

  • 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.

  • 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:

  • Psalms 69:9

    For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

  • 1 Samuel 20:30

    Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?

  • Matthew 27:39-44

    And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
11:2; 22:10; 29:16; 1Sa 20:30; Ne 4:4; Ps 69:9,20; 123:3,4
Mt 27:39-44; 1Pe 4:4,14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 18:2

    A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

  • Proverbs 18:3

    When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

  • Proverbs 18:4

    The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

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Proverbs 18:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Cuando viene el impío, viene también el menosprecio, y con el deshonrador la afrenta.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Quand vient le méchant, le mépris vient aussi, et avec l’ignominie, l’opprobre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wenn ein Gesetzloser kommt, so kommt auch Verachtung; und mit der Schande kommt Schmähung.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Impius, cum in profundum venerit peccatorum, contemnit; sed sequitur eum ignominia et opprobrium.