Proverbs 18:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace.”
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“With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.”
King James Version · Public Domain“When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, And with ignominy cometh reproach.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“With the coming of the wicked come also hath contempt, And with shame--reproach.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 18:3 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Samuel 20:30Then 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 disgrace of the mother who bore you?
- Nehemiah 4:4Hear 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 69:9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
- Psalms 69:20Insults 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 123:3Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
- Proverbs 11:2When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
- Proverbs 13:5The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
- Proverbs 22:10Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
- Proverbs 29:16When the wicked thrive, rebellion increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.
- Matthew 27:39And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
- 1 Peter 4:4Because 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 Peter 4:14If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
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