King James Version
Proverbs 18:3 in the King James Version says “When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.”
Proverbs 18:3 · KJV
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. Through: or, He that separateth himself seeketh according to his desire, and intermeddleth in every business
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
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