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When wickedness comes, contempt also comes, And with shame comes disgrace.

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Sin's Inseparable Shadow

All commentators agree on the core message: wickedness and shame are inseparable. As Matthew Henry concisely states, 'As soon as sin entered, shame followed.' The verse teaches that contempt and reproach are not just possible punishments for sin, but its natural and inevitable consequence.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Proverbs 18:3

18th Century

Theologian

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

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Proverbs 18:3

19th Century

Bishop

When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt. — Compare to the whole burden of Psalm 106, that sorrow and shame foll…

John Gill

John Gill

On Proverbs 18:3

17th Century

Pastor

When the wicked comes, [then] comes also contempt When he comes into the world, as Aben Ezra; as soon as he is born, he i…

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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Proverbs 18:3

17th Century

Minister

As soon as sin entered, shame followed.