Proverbs Chapter 18:3

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The commentary interprets Proverbs 18:3 as presenting a dual perspective on wickedness and contempt. First, it argues that wicked individuals characteristically display scorn and contempt toward others, particularly in settings of learning and worship, thereby defiling communities through profane mockery and derision. Second, it teaches that the wicked ultimately bring shame upon themselves through their own actions, as God ensures those who despise Him are held in low regard, and their misconduct extends reproach to their families and associates. The passage advises righteous individuals to disregard such scoffing, recognizing it as an inevitable consequence of wickedness rather than a legitimate challenge to faith.

[[O.T.Henry Commentary Proverbs 18-31|'''18:1''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:2|'''18:2''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:3|'''18:3''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:4|'''18:4''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:5|'''18:5''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:6-7|'''18:6-7''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:8|'''18:8''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:9|'''18:9''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:10|'''18:10''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:11|'''18:11''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:12|'''18:12''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:13|'''18:13''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:14|'''18:14''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:15|'''18:15''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:16|'''18:16''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:17|'''18:17''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:18|'''18:18''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:19|'''18:19''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:20|'''18:20''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:21|'''18:21''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:22|'''18:22''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:23|'''18:23''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 18:24|'''18:24''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:1|'''19:1''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:2|'''19:2''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:3|'''19:3''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:4|'''19:4''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:5|'''19:5''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:6-7|'''19:6-7''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:8|'''19:8''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:9|'''19:9''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:10|'''19:10''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:11|'''19:11''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:12|'''19:12''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:13|'''19:13''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:14|'''19:14''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:15|'''19:15''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:16|'''19:16''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:17|'''19:17''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:18|'''19:18''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:19|'''19:19''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:20|'''19:20''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:21|'''19:21''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:22|'''19:22''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:23|'''19:23''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:24|'''19:24''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:25|'''19:25''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:26|'''19:26''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:27|'''19:27''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:28|'''19:28''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 19:29|'''19:29''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:1|'''20:1''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:2|'''20:2''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:3|'''20:3''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:4|'''20:4''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:5|'''20:5''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:6|'''20:6''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:7|'''20:7''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:8|'''20:8''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:9|'''20:9''']],[[Proverbs Chapter 20:10|'''20:10''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:11|'''20:11''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:12|'''20:12''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:13|'''20:13''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:14|'''20:14''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:15|'''20:15''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:16|'''20:16''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:17|'''20:17''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:18|'''20:18''']],[[Proverbs Chapter 20:19|'''20:19''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:20|'''20:20''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:21|'''20:21''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:22|'''20:22''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:23|'''20:23''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:24|'''20:24''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:25|'''20:25''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:26|'''20:26''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:27|'''20:27''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:28|'''20:28''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:29|'''20:29''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 20:30|'''20:30''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:1|'''21:1''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:2|'''21:2''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:3|'''21:3''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:4|'''21:4''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:5|'''21:5''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:6|'''21:6''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:7|'''21:7''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:8|'''21:8''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:9|'''21:9''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:10|'''21:10''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:11|'''21:11''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:12|'''21:12''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:13|'''21:13''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:14|'''21:14''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:15|'''21:15''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:16|'''21:16''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:17|'''21:17''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:18|'''21:18''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:19|'''21:19''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:20|'''21:20''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:21|'''21:21''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:22|'''21:22''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:23|'''21:23''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:24|'''21:24''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:25-26|'''21:25-26''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:27|'''21:27''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:28|'''21:28''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:29|'''21:29''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 21:30-31|'''21:30-31''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:1|'''22:1''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:2|'''22:2''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:3|'''22:3''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:4|'''22:4''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:5|'''22:5''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:6|'''22:6''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:7|'''22:7''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:8|'''22:8''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:9|'''22:9''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:10|'''22:10''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:11|'''22:11''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:12|'''22:12''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:13|'''22:13''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:14|'''22:14''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:15|'''22:15''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:16|'''22:16''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:17-21|'''22:17-21''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:22-23|'''22:22-23''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:24-25|'''22:24-25''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:26-27|'''22:26-27''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:28|'''22:28''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 22:29|'''22:29''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 23:1-3|'''23:1-3''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 23:4-5|'''23:4-5''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 23:6-8|'''23:6-8''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 23:9|'''23:9''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 23:10-11|'''23:10-11''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 23:12-16|'''23:12-16''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 23:17-18|'''23:17-18''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 23:19-28|'''23:19-28''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 23:29-35|'''23:29-35''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 24:1-2|'''24:1-2''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 24:3-6|'''24:3-6''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 24:7-9|'''24:7-9''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 24:10|'''24:10''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 24:11-12|'''24:11-12''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 24:13-14|'''24:13-14''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 24:15-16|'''24:15-16''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 24:17-18|'''24:17-18''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 24:19-20|'''24:19-20''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 24:21-22|'''24:21-22''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 24:23-26|'''24:23-26''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 24:27|'''24:27''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 24:28-29|'''24:28-29''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 24:30-34|'''24:30-34''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 25:1|'''25:1''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 25:2-3|'''25:2-3''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 25:4-5|'''25:4-5''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 25:6-7|'''25:6-7''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 25:8-10|'''25:8-10''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 25:11-12|'''25:11-12''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 25:13|'''25:13''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 25:14-|'''25:14''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 25:15|'''25:15''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 25:16|'''25:16''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 25:17|'''25:17''']],[[Proverbs Chapter 25:18|'''25:18''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 25:19|'''25:19''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 25:20|'''25:20''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 25:21-22|'''25:21-22''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 25:23|'''25:23''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 25:24|'''25:24''']],[[Proverbs Chapter 25:25|'''25:25''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 25:26|'''25:26''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 25:27|'''25:27''']],[[Proverbs Chapter 25:28|'''25:28''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 26:1|'''26:1''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 26:2|'''26:2''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 26:3|'''26:3''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 26:4-5|'''26:4-5''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 26:6-9|'''26:6-9''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 26:10|'''26:10''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 26:11|'''26:11''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 26:12|'''26:12''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 26:13|'''26:13''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 26:14|'''26:14''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 26:15|'''26:15''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 26:16|'''26:16''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 26:17|'''26:17''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 26:18-19|'''26:18-19''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 26:20-22|'''26:20-22''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 26:23|'''26:23''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 26:24-26|'''26:24-26''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 26:27|'''26:27''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 26:28|'''26:28''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 27:1|'''27:1''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 27:2|'''27:2''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 27:3-4|'''27:3-4''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 27:5-6|'''27:5-6''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 27:7|'''27:7''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 27:8|'''27:8''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 27:9-10|'''27:9-10''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 27:11|'''27:11''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 27:12|'''27:12''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 27:13|'''27:13''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 27:14|'''27:14''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 27:15-16|'''27:15-16''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 27:17|'''27:17''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 27:18|'''27:18''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 27:19|'''27:19''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 27:20|'''27:20''']],[[Proverbs Chapter 27:21|'''27:21''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 27:22|'''27:22''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 27:23-27|'''27:23-27''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:1|'''28:1''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:2|'''28:2''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:3|'''28:3''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:4|'''28:4''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:5|'''28:5''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:6|'''28:6''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:7|'''28:7''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:8|'''28:8''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:9|'''28:9''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:10|'''28:10''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:11|'''28:11''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:12|'''28:12''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:13|'''28:13''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:14|'''28:14''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:15|'''28:15''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:16|'''28:16''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:17|'''28:17''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:18|'''28:18''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:19|'''28:19''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:20|'''28:20''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:21|'''28:21''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:22|'''28:22''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:23|'''28:23''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:24|'''28:24''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:25|'''28:25''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:26|'''28:26''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:27|'''28:27''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 28:28|'''28:28''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:1|'''29:1''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:2|'''29:2''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:3|'''29:3''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:4|'''29:4''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:5|'''29:5''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:6|'''29:6''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:7|'''29:7''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:8|'''29:8''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:9|'''29:9''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:10|'''29:10''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:11|'''29:11''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:12|'''29:12''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:13|'''29:13''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:14|'''29:14''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:15|'''29:15''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:16|'''29:16''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:17|'''29:17''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:18|'''29:18''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:19|'''29:19''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:20|'''29:20''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:21|'''29:21''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:22|'''29:22''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:23|'''29:23''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:24|'''29:24''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:25|'''29:25''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:26|'''29:26''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 29:27|'''29:27''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 30:1-6|'''30:1-6''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 30:7-9|'''30:7-9''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 30:10-14|'''30:10-14''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 30:15-17|'''30:15-17''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 30:18-23|'''30:18-23''']],[[Proverbs Chapter 30:24-28|'''30:24-28''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 30:29-33|'''30:29-33''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 31:1-9|'''31:1-9''']], [[Proverbs Chapter 31:10-31|'''31:10-31''']], ---- Prov 18:3<br> This may include a double sense: - 1. That wicked people are scornful people, and put contempt upon others. When the wicked comes into any company, comes into the schools of wisdom or into the assemblies for religious worship, then comes contempt of God, of his people and ministers, and of every thing that is said and done. You can expect no other from those that are profane than that they will be scoffers; they will be an ignominy and reproach; they will flout and jeer every thing that is serious and grave. But let not wise and good men regard it, for the proverb of the ancients says, such wickedness proceeds from the wicked. 2. That wicked people are shameful people, and bring contempt upon themselves, for God has said that those who despise him shall be lightly esteemed. As soon as ever sin entered shame followed it, and sinners make themselves despicable. Nor do they only draw contempt upon themselves, but they bring ignominy and reproach upon their families, their friends, their ministers, and all that are in any way related to them. Those therefore who would secure their honour must retain their virtue.

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