Fulgentius of Ruspe, on Prov 18:3

“The wicked man when he is come into the depth of sins, contemneth: but ignominy and reproach follow him.”

“The proud and recalcitrant who despair of the forgiveness of sins repudiate forgiveness. Not only do they with pitiable blindness reject the care for their own salvation, but they also do not rest from upsetting other faithful souls with deadly words, if they are unable to pervert them. Often, either the frightfulness of their sins or the length of a wicked life takes away from them the hope of salvation and drives them to perpetrate even worse things in such a way that in such people that statement of holy Scripture is fulfilled: "When wickedness comes, contempt comes also."”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.