Proverbs 18:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Proverbs 18:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Proverbs 18:3 is a verse from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Proverbs 18:3 — KJV
“When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.”
— Proverbs 18:3 (KJV)
Proverbs 18:3 in Context — About the Book of Proverbs
Proverbs is distilled wisdom for ordinary decisions — money, words, work, friendship, marriage, anger, and the tongue. Its premise is simple: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Thirty-one chapters make it the classic one-chapter-a-day book for praying through daily choices.
Cross-References for Proverbs 18:3
“Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 18:3: then, also, reproach
“For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 18:3: wicked, then, also
“I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. an...: or, filthiness”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 18:3: wicked, then, also
“When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without. wickedness: Heb. evils spoileth: Heb. strippeth”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 18:3: wicked, cometh, then
“Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 18:3: wicked, then, also
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