Proverbs 18:3

“When the wicked cometh, [then] cometh also contempt, etc.] 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”f517: he…”

“So surely are sin and punishment connected (Pro 16:4). wicked, for "wickedness," answers to ignominy, or the state of such; and contempt, the feeling of others to them; and to reproach, a manifestation of contempt.”

“With ignominy - Better, “together with baseness comes reproach.” The outer shame follows close upon the inner. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Cometh - Into any place or company. Contempt - He despiseth all instruction and reproof. Reproach - And he shews his contempt by ignominious and reproachful expressions. Proverbs 18:4”

“Pro 11:2, Pro 22:10, Pro 29:16; Sa1 20:30; Neh 4:4; Psa 69:9, Psa 69:20, Psa 123:3, Psa 123:4; Mat 27:39-44; Pe1 4:4, Pe1 4:14 Proverbs 18:4”

“The group beginning with Pro 18:3 terminates in two proverbs ( Pro 18:6 and Pro 18:7), related to the concluding verse of the foregoing: 3 If a godless man cometh, then cometh also contempt; And together with disgrace, shame. J. D. Michaelis, and the most of modern critics, read רשׁע; then, contempt etc., are to be thought of as the consequences that follow godlessness; for that קלון means (Hitzig) disgracefulness, i.e., disgraceful conduct, is destitute of proof; קלון always means disgrace as an experience. But not only does the Masoretic text punctuate רשׁע, but also all the old translators, the Greek, Aramaic, and Latin, have done so. And is it on this account, because a coming naturally…”