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And with dishonor <i>comes</i> reproach.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When a wicked person comes, contempt also comes, And with dishonor <i>comes</i> taunting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When a wicked man comes, contempt also comes, And with dishonor comes scorn.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />When a wicked man comes, contempt also comes, And with dishonor <i>comes</i> reproach.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />When a wicked man comes, despising also comes, And with disgrace <i>comes</i> reproach.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When the wicked man comes [to the depth of evil], contempt [of all that is pure and good] also comes, And with inner baseness (dishonor) comes outer shame (scorn).<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When a wicked person comes, contempt also comes, and along with dishonor, derision.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When a wicked man comes, contempt also does, and along with dishonor, disgrace. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, And with ignominy cometh reproach.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Wrongdoing leads to shame and disgrace. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, and with ignominy cometh reproach.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and insult comes along with disgrace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Sin and shame go together. Lose your honor, and you will get scorn in its place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When an evil person comes, contempt also comes, along with dishonor and disgrace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When a wicked person arrives, contempt shows up with him, and with shame comes a reproach. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, and with shame comes disgrace. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Contempt has also come with the coming of the wicked, "" And with shame—reproach.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> With the coming of the wicked come also hath contempt, And with shame -- reproach.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In the coming of the unjust also came contempt, and with dishonor, reproach.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The wicked man when he is come into the depth of sins, contemneth: but ignominy and reproach follow him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The impious, when he has arrived within the depths of sin, thinks little of it. But ill repute and disgrace follow him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />With wickedness comes contempt, and with disgrace, scorn. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When wickedness comes, contempt comes also; and with dishonor comes disgrace.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />When the wicked reaches the depths of evil, then folly comes upon him, iniquity, disgrace, and shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And when an evil one comes to the depths of evils, madness, dishonor and reproach come upon him.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, And with ignominy reproach.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />When an ungodly man comes into a depth of evils, he despises <i>them</i>; but dishonour and reproach come upon him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/18-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=3528" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/18.htm">The Selfishness of the Unfriendly</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7563.htm" title="7563: rā·šā‘ (Adj-ms) -- Wicked, criminal. From rasha'; morally wrong; concretely, an bad person.">With a wicked man</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bə·ḇō·w- (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">comes</a> <a href="/hebrew/937.htm" title="937: būz (N-ms) -- Contempt. From buwz; disrespect.">contempt</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: ḡam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">as well,</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7036.htm" title="7036: qā·lō·wn (N-ms) -- Ignominy, dishonor. From qalah; disgrace; the pudenda.">and shame</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: wə·‘im- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">is accompanied by</a> <a href="/hebrew/2781.htm" title="2781: ḥer·pāh (N-fs) -- A reproach. From charaph. contumely, disgrace, the pudenda.">disgrace.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/1-1.htm">Psalm 1:1</a></span><br />Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/10-4.htm">Psalm 10:4</a></span><br />In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/14-1.htm">Psalm 14:1</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/36-1.htm">Psalm 36:1-2</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD. An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes. / For his eyes are too full of conceit to detect or hate his own sin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-6.htm">Psalm 73:6-8</a></span><br />Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them. / From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild. / They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/32-6.htm">Isaiah 32:6</a></span><br />For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-20.htm">Isaiah 57:20-21</a></span><br />But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck. / “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Jeremiah 5:3-4</a></span><br />O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent. / Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/8-12.htm">Jeremiah 8:12</a></span><br />Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-49.htm">Ezekiel 16:49-50</a></span><br />Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy. / Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them, as you have seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-22.htm">Matthew 5:22</a></span><br />But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-34.htm">Matthew 12:34</a></span><br />You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-19.htm">Matthew 15:19</a></span><br />For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-21.htm">Mark 7:21-23</a></span><br />For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, / greed, wickedness, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, arrogance, and foolishness. / All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-45.htm">Luke 6:45</a></span><br />The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">When the wicked comes, then comes also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/11-2.htm">Proverbs 11:2</a></b></br> <i>When</i> pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly <i>is</i> wisdom.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/22-10.htm">Proverbs 22:10</a></b></br> Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/29-16.htm">Proverbs 29:16</a></b></br> When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/17-5.htm">Contempt</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-34.htm">Disgrace</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-16.htm">Dishonor</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-15.htm">Evil-Doer</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-33.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/job/10-15.htm">Ignominy</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-33.htm">Low</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-2.htm">Opinion</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-34.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-34.htm">Scorn</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-5.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-23.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-12.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/27-11.htm">Contempt</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-26.htm">Disgrace</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-10.htm">Dishonor</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-5.htm">Evil-Doer</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-12.htm">Honour</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-10.htm">Ignominy</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-29.htm">Low</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-11.htm">Opinion</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-26.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-9.htm">Scorn</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-13.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-5.htm">Wicked</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-12.htm">Wickedness</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/18-1.htm">A fool delights not in understanding</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/18.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/proverbs/18.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>With a wicked man comes contempt as well</b><br>This phrase highlights the natural consequences of wickedness, which is often associated with contempt. In biblical terms, a "wicked man" refers to someone who lives in opposition to God's laws and moral standards. The Hebrew word for "wicked" often implies guilt and moral corruption. Contempt, in this context, can be understood as the disdain or scorn that such a person attracts from others. This is consistent with the biblical principle that sin leads to negative social consequences. The Book of Proverbs frequently contrasts the outcomes of righteous and wicked living, emphasizing that wickedness leads to social and spiritual isolation. This idea is echoed in <a href="/psalms/1.htm">Psalm 1:1</a>, which warns against walking in the counsel of the wicked.<p><b>and shame is accompanied by disgrace</b><br>Shame and disgrace are closely related, yet distinct, concepts in biblical literature. Shame often refers to a personal sense of dishonor or humiliation, while disgrace is the public manifestation of that shame. In ancient Near Eastern culture, honor and shame were pivotal social values, and losing one's honor was a severe consequence of immoral behavior. The linkage of shame with disgrace suggests that personal sin not only affects the individual internally but also has external repercussions, damaging one's reputation and standing in the community. This is seen in the story of King David and Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11-12), where David's sin leads to both personal shame and public disgrace. The phrase underscores the biblical teaching that sin has both personal and communal consequences, reinforcing the need for repentance and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>In the context of Proverbs, the wicked are those who live in opposition to God's righteous standards. They are often characterized by their immoral actions and disregard for divine wisdom.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/contempt.htm">Contempt</a></b><br>This term refers to the disdain or scorn that accompanies the presence of wickedness. It is both a consequence and a characteristic of wicked behavior.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/shame.htm">Shame</a></b><br>Shame in this context is the feeling of guilt or disgrace that results from sinful actions. It is an internal acknowledgment of wrongdoing.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/r/reproach.htm">Reproach</a></b><br>Reproach is the external expression of disapproval or criticism that follows shameful actions. It is the societal response to one's disgrace.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_wickedness.htm">The Consequences of Wickedness</a></b><br>Wickedness does not exist in isolation; it brings with it contempt and societal disdain. Believers are called to live righteously to avoid these negative consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cycle_of_sin_and_shame.htm">The Cycle of Sin and Shame</a></b><br>Sin leads to shame, and shame leads to reproach. Understanding this cycle can help believers seek repentance and restoration before reaching the point of public disgrace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_contempt.htm">Guarding Against Contempt</a></b><br>As Christians, we must guard our hearts against contempt, both in how we view others and in how we conduct ourselves. Contempt can be a sign of underlying wickedness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_repentance.htm">The Importance of Repentance</a></b><br>When we find ourselves in shame, repentance is the key to breaking the cycle and restoring our relationship with God and others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_above_reproach.htm">Living Above Reproach</a></b><br>Believers are called to live lives that are above reproach, reflecting the character of Christ and avoiding actions that lead to shame and reproach.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 18</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_profanity_biblical.htm">What consequences do the wicked face according to scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_is_a_ransom_for_whom.htm">Who is a ransom for whom? Mark 10:45 and I Timothy 2:5-6 say Christ is a ransom for many/all. Proverbs 21:18 says the wicked is a ransom for the righteous.</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_infamous_names_persist_in_memory.htm">Job 18:16-17: How can the names of the wicked vanish from memory when some of history's most notorious figures remain famous?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_you_praise_god's_greatness.htm">How does slander affect relationships and reputations?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt.</span>--Comp. the whole burden of Psalms 106, that sorrow and shame follow sin.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt.</span> The contempt here spoken of is not that with which the sinner is regarded, but that which he himself learns to feel for all that is pure and good and lovely (<a href="/psalms/31-18.htm">Psalm 31:18</a>). As the LXX. interprets, "When the wicked cometh into the depth of evil, he despiseth," he turns a despiser. So the Vulgate. Going forward in evil, adding sin to sin, he end by casting all shame aside, deriding the Law Divine and human, and saying in his heart, "There is no God." St. Gregory, "As he who is plunged into a well is confined to the bottom of it; so would the mind fall in, and remain, as it were, at the bottom, if, after having once fallen, it were to confine itself within any measure of sin. But when it cannot be contented with the sin into which it has fallen, while it is daily plunging into worse offences, it finds, as it were, no bottom to the well into which it has fallen, on which to rest. For there would be a bottom to the well, if there were any bounds to his sin. Whence it is well said, 'When a sinner hath come into the lowest depth of sins, he contemneth.' For he puts by returning, because he has no hope that he can be forgiven. But when he sins still more through despair, he withdraws, as it were, the bottom from the well, so as to find therein no resting place" ('Moral.,' 26:69, Oxford transl.). Even the heathen could see this terrible consequence. Thus Juvenal is quoted ('Sat.,' 13:240, etc.) - <p><span class="foreign">"Nam quis<br />Peccandi finem posuit sibi? quando receipt<br />Ejectum semel attrita de fronte ruborem?<br />Quisnam hominum est, quem tu contentum videris uno<br />Flagitio?"</span> <span class="cmt_word">And with ignominy cometh reproach.</span> Here again it is not the reproach suffered by the sinner that is meant (as in <a href="/proverbs/11-2.htm">Proverbs 11:2</a>), but the abuse which he heaps on others who strive to impede him in his evil courses. All that he says or does brings disgrace, and he is always ready to revue any who are better than himself. Both the Septuagint and the Vulgate make the wicked man the victim instead of the actor, thus: "but upon him there cometh disgrace and reproach." The Hebrew does not well admit this interpretation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/18-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">With a wicked [man]</span><br /><span class="heb">רָ֭שָׁע</span> <span class="translit">(rā·šā‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7563.htm">Strong's 7563: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wrong, an, bad person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">comes</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּֽבוֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḇō·w-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">contempt</span><br /><span class="heb">בּ֑וּז</span> <span class="translit">(būz)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_937.htm">Strong's 937: </a> </span><span class="str2">Disrespect</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as well,</span><br /><span class="heb">גַם־</span> <span class="translit">(ḡam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and shame</span><br /><span class="heb">קָל֥וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(qā·lō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7036.htm">Strong's 7036: </a> </span><span class="str2">Disgrace, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is accompanied by</span><br /><span class="heb">וְֽעִם־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">disgrace.</span><br /><span class="heb">חֶרְפָּֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥer·pāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2781.htm">Strong's 2781: </a> </span><span class="str2">Contumely, disgrace, the pudenda</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/18-3.htm">Proverbs 18:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/18-3.htm">Proverbs 18:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/18-3.htm">Proverbs 18:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/18-3.htm">Proverbs 18:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/18-3.htm">Proverbs 18:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/18-3.htm">Proverbs 18:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/18-3.htm">Proverbs 18:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/18-3.htm">Proverbs 18:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/18-3.htm">Proverbs 18:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/18-3.htm">Proverbs 18:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/18-3.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 18:3 When wickedness comes contempt also comes (Prov. 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