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Proverbs 18:3 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 18 · verse 3
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.Proverbs 18:3 · King James Version
Proverbs 18:3 in context
1Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
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.
5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- contemptbûwzdisrespectH937 →
- ignominyqâlôwndisgraceH7036 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
- comethbôwʼto go or comeH935 →
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This may include a double sense: - 1. That wicked people are scornful people, and put contempt upon others. When the wicked comes into any company, comes into the schools of wisdom or into the assemblies for religious worship, then comes contempt of God, of his people and ministers, and of every thing that is said and…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary