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Proverbs 18:3
With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The wisdom teacher addresses Israelite readers within a structured collection of moral instructions, placing this observation between a critique of foolish pride and a description of wise speech. The words — רָשָׁע (Ra.sho') = a wicked person and בּוּז (Buz) = contempt. The thread — The inevitable consequences of corrupt character appear in Proverbs 11:2 regarding pride and disgrace, in Proverbs 22:10 regarding the removal of the mocker, and in 1 Peter 4:14 regarding insults for Christ’s name. Why it lands — The text states that wickedness inherently produces social rejection and shame. It asks the reader to recognize that a corrupt character guarantees disgrace and to avoid its influence.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 22:10 Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
- 1 Peter 4:14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
- Proverbs 11:2 When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
- Proverbs 29:16 When the wicked thrive, rebellion increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.
- 1 Peter 4:4 Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you.
- 1 Samuel 20:30 Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?
- Nehemiah 4:4 Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.
- Psalms 69:9 because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
- Psalms 69:20 Insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. I looked for sympathy, but there was none, for comforters, but I found no one.
- Psalms 123:3 Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.