Proverbs 18:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

When the wicked cometh into any place or company, then cometh also contempt; either,

1. Passively; he is justly contemned and reproached by those who converse with him. Or rather,

2. Actively; he despiseth and scorneth all instruction and reproof, neither fearing God nor reverencing man; for he seems here to note his sin rather than his punishment. And with ignominy reproach; and he doth not only contemn others in his heart, but showeth his contempt of them by ignominious and reproachful expressions and carriages.

Proverbs 18:3

3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.