Proverbs 18:3

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ When the wicked cometh, [then] cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 20:30 : 30 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious [woman], do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?
  • Neh 4:4 : 4 Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:
  • Ps 69:9 : 9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
  • Ps 69:20 : 20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked [for some] to take pity, but [there was] none; and for comforters, but I found none.
  • Ps 123:3-4 : 3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, [and] with the contempt of the proud.
  • Prov 11:2 : 2 ¶ [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.
  • Prov 22:10 : 10 ¶ Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
  • Prov 29:16 : 16 ¶ When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
  • Matt 27:39-44 : 39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, 40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest [it] in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. 41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking [him], with the scribes and elders, said, 42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. 43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. 44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
  • 1 Pet 4:4 : 4 ¶ Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of [you]:
  • 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy [are ye]; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2¶ [When] pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly [is] wisdom.

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    28¶ An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

    29¶ Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

  • 12¶ When righteous [men] do rejoice, [there is] great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

  • 4¶ The words of a man's mouth [are as] deep waters, [and] the wellspring of wisdom [as] a flowing brook.

  • 18¶ Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

  • Ps 36:1-3
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    1¶ To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David the servant of the LORD. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, [that there is] no fear of God before his eyes.

    2For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful.

    3The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, [and] to do good.

  • 16¶ When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

  • 7He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked [man getteth] himself a blot.

  • Prov 1:26-27
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    26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;

    27When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

  • 28¶ When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.

  • 3¶ The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • 17¶ [He that is] soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

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    11¶ When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

    12¶ The righteous [man] wisely considereth the house of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked for [their] wickedness.

  • Ps 10:2-3
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    2The wicked in [his] pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.

    3For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.

  • 10¶ Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised [is] wisdom.

  • 9The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men.

  • 35The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

  • 8¶ A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

  • 3¶ In the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

  • 2¶ A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

  • 5¶ Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: [and] he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

  • 10¶ Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

  • 18¶ Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

  • 6¶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

  • 12¶ Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour [is] humility.

  • 8Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.

  • 8¶ The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

  • 13The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

  • 5¶ A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

  • 5¶ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

  • 12¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

  • 3Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth [him], and he saith to every one [that] he [is] a fool.

  • 33A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.

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    6¶ A scorner seeketh wisdom, and [findeth it] not: but knowledge [is] easy unto him that understandeth.

    7¶ Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not [in him] the lips of knowledge.

  • 19¶ The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • 3Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

  • 18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

  • 1¶ He, that being often reproved hardeneth [his] neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • 6And if he come to see [me], he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; [when] he goeth abroad, he telleth [it].

  • 22They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.

  • 13Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].

  • 17But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold [on thee].

  • 8¶ Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise [men] turn away wrath.