Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up to spoiling in a land of captivity:
Proverbs 18:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, And with ignominy cometh reproach. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, And with ignominy reproach. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When the wicked comes in [to the depth of evil], he becomes a contemptuous despiser [of all that is pure and good], and with inner baseness comes outer shame and reproach. American Standard Version (1901) When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, And with ignominy cometh reproach. Common English Bible When the wicked arrive, so does contempt; with shame comes insult. Catholic Public Domain Version The impious, when he has arrived within the depths of sin, thinks little of it. But ill repute and disgrace follow him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The wicked man when he is come into the depth of sine, contemneth: but ignominy and reproach follow him. |
Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn back their reproach upon their own head, and give them up to spoiling in a land of captivity:
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.
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; And the reproaches of them that reproach thee are fallen upon me.
A righteous man hateth lying: But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.
The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters; The wellspring of wisdom is as a flowing brook.
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; Yea, strife and ignominy shall cease.
When the wicked are increased, transgression increaseth: But the righteous shall look upon their fall.
If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; because the Spirit of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.
wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of a perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame, and unto the shame of thy mother's nakedness?