Proverbs 18:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. When the wicked cometh, etc. - would it not be better to read this verse thus? "When the wicked cometh contempt cometh; and with ignominy cometh reproach." A wicked man is despised even by the wicked. He who falls under ignominy falls under reproach.

Proverbs 18:3

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