Proverbs 18:3 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³ When wickedness comes, contempt comes also; and with dishonor comes disgrace.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, And with ignominy reproach.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ 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)

³ When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, And with ignominy cometh reproach.

Common English Bible

³ When the wicked arrive, so does contempt; with shame comes insult.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ 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

³ The wicked man when he is come into the depth of sine, contemneth: but ignominy and reproach follow him.

Proverbs 18:3 Cross References

Nehemiah 4:4

Hear, O our God, for we are despised; turn back their taunt upon their own heads, and give them up to be plundered in a land where they are captives.

Psalm 69:20

Insults have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.

Psalm 69:9

For zeal for thy house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult thee have fallen on me.

Proverbs 11:2

When pride comes, then comes disgrace; but with the humble is wisdom.

Proverbs 13:5

A righteous man hates falsehood, but a wicked man acts shamefully and disgracefully.

Proverbs 18:2

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.

Proverbs 18:4

The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a gushing stream.

Proverbs 22:10

Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out, and quarreling and abuse will cease.

Proverbs 29:16

When the wicked are in authority, transgression increases; but the righteous will look upon their downfall.

1 Peter 4:14

If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.

1 Peter 4:4

They are surprised that you do not now join them in the same wild profligacy, and they abuse you;

1 Samuel 20:30

Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman, do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?