Proverbs 14:19

The evil bow down before the good, 2 and the wicked at the gates of the upright. 1

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In The King James Version

The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

In Context

18The simple inherit folly, 2 but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. 1

20The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, 2 but the rich person has many 'ahav ·affectionate lovers, friends·. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 42:6Joseph [May he add] was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph [May he add]’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

Exodus 8:8Then Pharaoh called for Moses [Drawn out] and Aaron [Light-bringer], and said, “Entreat Adonai, that he take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to Adonai.”

Exodus 11:8All these servants of yours will come down to me, and bow down themselves to me, saying, “Get out, with all the people who follow you;” and after that I will go out.’” He went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.

Psalms 49:14They are appointed as a flock for Sheol ·Place of the dead·. 2 Death shall be their shepherd. 1 The upright shall have dominion over them in the morning. 2 Their beauty shall decay in Sheol ·Place of the dead·, 2 far from their mansion. 1

Isaiah 60:14The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you; 2 and all those who despised you will hawa ·bow low, prostrate· themselves down at the soles of your feet. + 60:14. Quoted in Rev 3:9 1 They will call you Adonai’s City, 2 The Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking] of haKadosh Isra'el [the Holy One of God prevails]. 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 →

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