Proverbs 14:19
The euyll shall bowe them selues before the good: and the vngodly shall wayte at the gates of the ryghteous.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
In Context
18The ignoraunt haue foolishnesse in possession: but the wyse are crowned with knowledge.
20The poore is hated euen of his owne neyghbours: but the riche hath many frendes.
Cross References
Genesis 42:6And Ioseph was gouernour in the lande, and solde to all the people of the lande. And Iosephes brethren came and bowed them selues with theyr faces downe to the grounde before him.
Isaiah 60:14Moreouer, those shall come kneeling vnto thee that haue vexed thee, and all they that despised thee shall fall downe at thy foote: Thou shalt be called the citie of the Lorde, Sion [the citie] 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 →