Proverbs 14:19
The evil shall fall down before the good: and the wicked before the gates of the just.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
In Context
18The childish shall possess folly, and the prudent, shall look for knowledge.
20The poor man shall be hateful even to his own neighbour: but the friends of the rich are many.
Cross References
Genesis 42:6And Joseph was governor in the land of Egypt, and corn was sold by his direction to the people. And when his brethren had bowed down to him,
Exodus 8:8But Pharao called Moses and Aaron and said to them: Pray ye to the Lord to take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.
Exodus 11:8And all these thy servants shall come down to me, and shall worship me, saying: Go forth thou, and all the people that is under thee: after that we will go out.
2 Kings 3:12And Josaphat said: The word of the Lord is with him. And the king of Israel, and Josaphat king of Juda, and the king of Edom went down to him.
Psalms 49:14This way of theirs is a stumblingblock to them: and afterwards they shall delight in their mouth.
Isaiah 60:14And the children of them that afflict thee, shall come bowing down to thee, and all that slandered thee shall worship the steps of thy feet, and shall call thee the city of the Lord, the Sion of the Holy One of Israel.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:19
18 The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. Note, 1. Sin is the shame of sinners: The simple, who love simplicity, get nothing by it; they inherit folly. They have it by inheritance, so some. This corruption of nature is derived from our first parents, and all the calamities that attend it we have by kind; it was the inheritance they transmitted to their degenerate race, an hereditary disease. They are as fond of it as a man of his inheritance, hold it as fast, and are as loth to part… Read the whole commentary →