Verse 3

When the evil-doer comes, a low opinion comes with him, and with the loss of honour comes shame.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 20:30 : 30 Then Saul was moved to wrath against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of an evil and uncontrolled woman, have I not seen how you have given your love to the son of Jesse, to your shame and the shame of your mother?
  • Neh 4:4 : 4 Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:
  • Ps 69:9 : 9 I am on fire with passion for your house; and the hard things which are said about you have come on me.
  • Ps 69:20 : 20 My heart is broken by bitter words, I am full of grief; I made a search for some to have pity on me, but there was no one; I had no comforter.
  • Ps 123:3-4 : 3 Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us: for all men are looking down on us. 4 For long enough have men of pride made sport of our soul.
  • Prov 11:2 : 2 When pride comes, there comes shame, but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit.
  • Prov 22:10 : 10 Send away the man of pride, and argument will go out; truly fighting and shame will come to an end.
  • Prov 29:16 : 16 When evil men are in power, wrongdoing is increased; but the upright will have pleasure when they see their downfall.
  • Matt 27:39-44 : 39 And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying, 40 You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41 In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said, 42 A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will have faith in him. 43 He put his faith in God; let God be his saviour now, if he will have him; for he said, I am the Son of God. 44 And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him.
  • 1 Pet 4:4 : 4 And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:
  • 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If men say evil things of you because of the name of Christ, happy are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God is resting on you.