Proverbs 18:3

New Century Version

Do something evil, and people won’t like you. Do something shameful, and they will make fun of you.

Cross References

Nehemiah 4:4

I prayed, “Hear us, our God. We are hated. Turn the insults of Sanballat and Tobiah back on their own heads. Let them be captured and stolen like valuables.

Psalm 69:20

Insults have broken my heart and left me weak. I looked for sympathy, but there was none; I found no one to comfort me.

Psalm 69:9

My strong love for your Temple completely controls me. When people insult you, it hurts me.

Proverbs 11:2

Pride leads only to shame; it is wise to be humble.

Proverbs 13:5

Good people hate what is false, but the wicked do shameful and disgraceful things.

Proverbs 18:2

Fools do not want to understand anything. They only want to tell others what they think.

Proverbs 18:4

Spoken words can be like deep water, but wisdom is like a flowing stream.

Proverbs 22:10

Get rid of the one who makes fun of wisdom. Then fighting, quarrels, and insults will stop.

Proverbs 29:16

When there are many wicked people, there is much sin, but those who do right will see them destroyed.

1 Peter 4:14

When people insult you because you follow Christ, you are blessed, because the glorious Spirit, the Spirit of God, is with you.

1 Peter 4:4

Nonbelievers think it is strange that you do not do the many wild and wasteful things they do, so they insult you.

1 Samuel 20:30

Then Saul became very angry with Jonathan. He said, “You son of a wicked, worthless woman! I know you are on the side of David son of Jesse! You bring shame on yourself and on your mother who gave birth to you.