Proverbs 18:3

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When a wicked person arrives, contempt shows up with him, and with shame comes a reproach.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 20:30 : 30 Saul became angry with Jonathan and said to him,“You stupid traitor! Don’t I realize that to your own disgrace and to the disgrace of your mother’s nakedness you have chosen this son of Jesse?
  • Neh 4:4 : 4 Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile!
  • Ps 69:9 : 9 Certainly zeal for your house consumes me; I endure the insults of those who insult you.
  • Ps 69:20 : 20 Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none.
  • Ps 123:3-4 : 3 Show us favor, O LORD, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some. 4 We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud.
  • Prov 11:2 : 2 After pride came, disgrace followed; but wisdom came with humility.
  • Prov 22:10 : 10 Drive out the scorner and contention will leave; strife and insults will cease.
  • Prov 29:16 : 16 When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will see their downfall.
  • Matt 27:39-44 : 39 Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads 40 and saying,“You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God’s Son, come down from the cross!” 41 In the same way even the chief priests– together with the experts in the law and elders– were mocking him: 42 “He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him! 43 He trusts in God– let God, if he wants to, deliver him now because he said,‘I am God’s Son’!” 44 The robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him.
  • 1 Pet 4:4 : 4 So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you.
  • 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, who is the Spirit of God, rests on you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 11:2
    79%

    2After pride came, disgrace followed; but wisdom came with humility.

  • Prov 19:28-29
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    74%

    28A crooked witness scorns justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

    29Penalties have been prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools.

  • Prov 28:12
    74%

    12When the righteous rejoice, great is the glory, but when the wicked rise to power, people are sought out.

  • Prov 18:4
    74%

    4The words of a person’s mouth are like deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

  • Prov 13:18
    73%

    18The one who neglects discipline ends up in poverty and shame, but the one who accepts reproof is honored.

  • Ps 36:1-3
    3 verses
    73%

    1For the music director; written by the LORD’s servant, David; an oracle. An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God,

    2for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin.

    3The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

  • Prov 29:16
    73%

    16When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will see their downfall.

  • Prov 9:7
    73%

    7Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse.

  • Prov 1:26-27
    2 verses
    73%

    26so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes,

    27when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you.

  • Prov 28:28
    73%

    28When the wicked gain control, people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.

  • Prov 19:3
    72%

    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 14:17
    72%

    17A person who has a quick temper will do foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes will be hated.

  • Prov 21:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11When a scorner is punished, the naive becomes wise; when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge.

    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

  • Ps 10:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.

    3Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the LORD.

  • Prov 13:10
    72%

    10With pride comes only contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised.

  • Prov 24:9
    72%

    9A foolish scheme is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to people.

  • Prov 3:35
    72%

    35The wise inherit honor, but he holds fools up to public contempt.

  • Prov 12:8
    72%

    8A person will be praised in accordance with his wisdom, but the one with a bewildered mind will be despised.

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

    3In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

  • Prov 18:2
    72%

    2A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind.

  • Prov 17:5
    72%

    5The one who mocks the poor has insulted his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.

  • Prov 22:10
    72%

    10Drive out the scorner and contention will leave; strife and insults will cease.

  • Prov 16:18
    71%

    18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

  • Prov 18:6
    71%

    6The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.

  • Prov 18:12
    71%

    12Before destruction the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor.

  • Job 34:8
    71%

    8He goes about in company with evildoers, he goes along with wicked men.

  • Prov 11:8
    71%

    8A righteous person was delivered out of trouble, then a wicked person took his place.

  • Prov 8:13
    71%

    13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.

  • Prov 13:5
    71%

    5The righteous person will reject anything false, but the wicked person will act in shameful disgrace.

  • Prov 15:5
    71%

    5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

  • Prov 6:12
    71%

    12A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;

  • Eccl 10:3
    71%

    3Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, and shows everyone what a fool he is.

  • Prov 6:33
    71%

    33He will be beaten and despised, and his reproach will not be wiped away;

  • Prov 14:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6The scorner sought wisdom–there was none, but understanding was easy for a discerning person.

    7Walk abreast with a foolish person, and you do not understand wise counsel.

  • Prov 14:19
    70%

    19Bad people have bowed before good people, and wicked people have bowed at the gates of someone righteous.

  • Job 11:3
    70%

    3Should people remain silent at your idle talk, and should no one rebuke you when you mock?

  • Ps 31:18
    70%

    18May lying lips be silenced– lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!

  • Prov 29:1
    70%

    1The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

  • Ps 41:6
    70%

    6When someone comes to visit, he pretends to be friendly; he thinks of ways to defame me, and when he leaves he slanders me.

  • Job 8:22
    70%

    22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”

  • Ps 10:13
    70%

    13Why does the wicked man reject God? He says to himself,“You will not hold me accountable.”

  • Job 36:17
    70%

    17But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you.

  • Prov 29:8
    70%

    8Scornful people inflame a city, but those who are wise turn away wrath.