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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BSBPD

“With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“With the coming of the wicked come also hath contempt, And with shame--reproach.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 18:3 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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?
  2. 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.
  3. Psalms 69:9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
  4. 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.
  5. Psalms 123:3Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.
  6. Proverbs 11:2When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom.
  7. Proverbs 13:5The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
  8. Proverbs 22:10Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
  9. Proverbs 29:16When the wicked thrive, rebellion increases; but the righteous will see their downfall.
  10. Matthew 27:39And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
  11. 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.
  12. 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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