3When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
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Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.
Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3)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 s…
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