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New Century Version

Proverbs 18:3

Do something evil, and people won't like you. Do something shameful, and they will make fun of you.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Wicked (People);   The Topic Concordance - Contempt;   Reproach;   Wickedness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Contempt;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
When wickedness comes, contempt comes also, and with dishonor comes disgrace.
Geneva Bible (1587)
When the wicked commeth, then commeth contempt, and with the vile man reproch.
Christian Standard Bible®
When a wicked person comes, contempt also comes,and along with dishonor, derision.
Hebrew Names Version
When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, And with shame comes disgrace.
Easy-to-Read Version
Do something evil, and people will hate you. Do something shameful, and they will have no respect for you.
Amplified Bible
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).
American Standard Version
When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, And with ignominy cometh reproach.
Contemporary English Version
Wrongdoing leads to shame and disgrace.
Complete Jewish Bible
When a wicked person comes, contempt comes too, and with disdain, provocation.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
King James Version (1611)
When the wicked commeth, then commeth also contempt, and with ignominie, reproch.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
When an ungodly man comes into a depth of evils, he despises them; but dishonour and reproach come upon him.
English Revised Version
When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, and with ignominy cometh reproach.
Berean Standard Bible
With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace.
Lexham English Bible
With the coming of wickedness comes contempt also, and with dishonor, disgrace.
Literal Translation
When the wicked comes, scorn also comes, and with shame comes reproach.
New English Translation
When a wicked person arrives, contempt shows up with him, and with shame comes a reproach.
New King James Version
When the wicked comes, contempt comes also; And with dishonor comes reproach.
New Living Translation
Doing wrong leads to disgrace, and scandalous behavior brings contempt.
New Life Bible
When a sinful man comes, hate comes also, and where there is no honor, there is shame.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When the lawless man cometh in, then cometh also contempt, and, with shame, reproach.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The wicked man, when he is come into the depths of sins, contemneth: but ignominy and reproach follow him.
George Lamsa Translation
When the wicked reaches the depths of evil, then folly comes upon him, iniquity, disgrace, and shame.
Good News Translation
Sin and shame go together. Lose your honor, and you will get scorn in its place.
New American Standard Bible
When a wicked person comes, contempt also comes, And with dishonor comes taunting.
King James Version
When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
When the vngodly commeth, then commeth also disdayne: and with the dishonest person commeth shame and dishonour.
New Revised Standard
When wickedness comes, contempt comes also; and with dishonor comes disgrace.
Darby Translation
When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A wickid man, whanne he cometh in to depthe of synnes, dispisith; but sclaundre and schenschipe sueth hym.
Young's Literal Translation
With the coming of the wicked come also hath contempt, And with shame -- reproach.
World English Bible
When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, And with shame comes disgrace.
Revised Standard Version
When wickedness comes, contempt comes also; and with dishonor comes disgrace.
Update Bible Version
When the wicked comes, there comes also contempt, And with ignominy [comes] reproach.
Webster's Bible Translation
When the wicked cometh, [then] cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
Bible in Basic English
When the evil-doer comes, a low opinion comes with him, and with the loss of honour comes shame.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Where vngodlynes is, there is also di?dayne: & so there foloweth shame & dishonor.
THE MESSAGE
When wickedness arrives, shame's not far behind; contempt for life is contemptible.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When a wicked man comes, contempt also comes, And with dishonor comes scorn.
Legacy Standard Bible
When a wicked man comes, despising also comes,And with disgrace comes reproach.

Contextual Overview

3 Do something evil, and people won't like you. Do something shameful, and they will make fun of you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Proverbs 11:2, Proverbs 22:10, Proverbs 29:16, 1 Samuel 20:30, Nehemiah 4:4, Psalms 69:9, Psalms 69:20, Psalms 123:3, Psalms 123:4, Matthew 27:39-44, 1 Peter 4:4, 1 Peter 4:14

Reciprocal: Proverbs 14:21 - that despiseth

Cross-References

Genesis 32:5
I have cattle, donkeys, flocks, and male and female servants. I send this message to you and ask you to accept us.'"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

When the wicked cometh, [then] cometh also contempt,.... When he comes into the world, as Aben Ezra; as soon as he is born, he is liable to contempt, being born in sin; but this is true of all: rather, as the Vulgate Latin, and with which the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions agree, when he cometh into the depth of sin, or to the height of his wickedness; he commences a scoffer at, and condemner of all that is good: when he comes into the house of God, it may be said, "there comes contempt"; for he comes not to hear the word, in order to receive any profit by it, but to contemn it, and the ministers of it;

and with ignominy reproach: or, "with the ignominious man reproach" l: he that despises all that is good, and treats divine things in a ludicrous way, will not spare to reproach the best of men, and speak evil of them falsely, for the sake of religion. Or the meaning of the whole is, that wicked men, sooner or later, come into contempt, ignominy, and reproach, themselves; they that despise the Lord are lightly esteemed by him; and a vile person is contemned in the eyes of a good man: such bring shame and disgrace upon themselves and families while they live; and, when they die, they are laid in the grave with dishonour; an infamy rests upon their memories, and they wilt rise to everlasting shame and contempt.

l עם קלון חרפה "viro ignominioso, venit opprobriunu", Pagninus; "cum ignominioso probrum", Junis Tremeilius "cum probroso opprobrium", Schultens, so Vatablus, Mercerus, Gejerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

With ignominy - Better, “together with baseness comes reproach.” The outer shame follows close upon the inner.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 18:3. When the wicked cometh, c. — 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.


 
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