Proverbs 18:3

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Do something evil, and people will hate you. Do something shameful, and they will have no respect for you.

Cross References

Proverbs 22:10

Get rid of the proud who laugh at what is right, and trouble will leave with them. All arguments and insults will end.

1 Peter 4:14

When people say bad things to you because you follow Christ, consider it a blessing. When that happens, it shows that God’s Spirit, the Spirit of glory, is with you.

Proverbs 29:16

If the wicked are ruling the nation, sin will be everywhere, but those who live right will win in the end.

Proverbs 11:2

Proud and boastful people will be shamed, but wisdom stays with those who are modest and humble.

1 Peter 4:4

Now those “friends” think it is strange that you no longer join them in all the wild and wasteful things they do. And so they say bad things about you.

Psalm 69:20

I feel the pain of their insults. The shame makes me feel like dying! I wanted some sympathy, but there was none. I waited for someone to comfort me, but no one came.

Psalm 69:9

My strong devotion to your Temple is destroying me. Those who insult you are also insulting me.

Nehemiah 4:4

Nehemiah prayed and said, “Our God, listen to our prayer. These men hate us. Sanballat and Tobiah are insulting us. Make bad things happen to them. Make them ashamed, like people taken away as prisoners.

1 Samuel 20:30

Saul was very angry with Jonathan and said to him, “You son of a twisted, rebellious woman! I know that you have chosen to support that son of Jesse. This will bring shame to you and to your mother.

Proverbs 18:2

Fools don’t want to learn from others. They only want to tell their own ideas.

Proverbs 18:4

Words from wise people are like water bubbling up from a deep well—the well of wisdom.

Proverbs 13:5

Good people hate lies, but the wicked do evil, shameful things.