Proverbs 14:19
The ra'im will bow before the tov'im, 1 and the resha'im at the she'arim of the tzaddik. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
In Context
18The naive inherit folly, 1 but the prudent are crowned with da'as. 1
20The poor is hated even by his own re'a (neighbor), 1 but the oisher hath many friends. 1
Cross References
Genesis 42:6And Yosef was the Shalit Al HaAretz, and he it was that sold to kol Am HaAretz: and Achei Yosef came, and prostrated themselves before him with their faces to the ground.
Exodus 8:8And Moshe and Aharon went out from Pharaoh: and Moshe cried unto Hashem because of the tzefardaya which He had brought against Pharaoh.
Exodus 11:8And all these thy avadim shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and kol HaAm that follow thee; and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.
2 Kings 3:12And Yehoshaphat said, The Devar Hashem is with him. So Melech Yisroel and Yehoshaphat and Melech Edom went down to him.
Psalms 49:14This is their derech, kesel (folly, imprudent confidence) is theirs; 1 and the fate after them of those who approve their words. 1 Selah 1
Isaiah 60:14The banim also of them that oppress thee 1 shall come unto thee in submission; 1 and all they that despised thee 1 shall prostrate themselves down at the soles of thy raglayim; 1 and they shall call thee, The Ir of Hashem, 1 Tziyon of Kadosh Yisroel. 1
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 →