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THE MESSAGE
Proverbs 14:19
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The evil bow before those who are good,and the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.
The evil bow down before the good, And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
The evil will bow down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Evil people will bow down to those who are good; the wicked will bow down at the door of those who do right.
The evil will bow down before the good, And the wicked [will bow down] at the gates of the righteous.
The evil bow down before the good, And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.
The euill shall bowe before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
The evil will bow down before the good,And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
The wicked will come crawling to those who obey God.
The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous [man].
Good people will defeat those who are evil, and the wicked will be forced to show respect to those who live right.
Evil men shall prostrate themselves before good men; and the wicked shall come to beg at the gates of the righteous.
Evil people will have to bow down to the righteous and humbly beg their favor.
The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
The evil bow before the good; yea, the wicked at the gates of the just.
The euell shal bowe them selues before ye good, and the vngodly shal wayte at the dores of the rightuous.
The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.
The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.
The evil bow before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
The euill bowe before the good: and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
The euyll shall bowe them selues before the good: and the vngodly shall wayte at the gates of the ryghteous.
Evil men shall fall before the good; and the ungodly shall attend at the gates of the righteous.
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Yuel men schulen ligge bifor goode men; and vnpitouse men bifor the yatis of iust men.
The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous.
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Those who are evil will bow before those who are good, and the wicked will bow at the gates of the righteous.
The evil will bow before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Evil people will bow before good people; the wicked will bow at the gates of the godly.
Sinful men will bow in front of the good, and at the gates of those who are right with God.
The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Abased are the wicked, before the good, and, the lawless, at the gates of the righteous.
The evil shall fall down before the good: and the wicked before the gates of the just.
The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
The evil have bowed down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
The evil will bow down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Genesis 42:6, Genesis 43:28, Exodus 8:8, Exodus 9:27, Exodus 9:28, Exodus 11:8, 2 Kings 3:12, Esther 7:7, Esther 7:8, Psalms 49:14, Isaiah 60:14, Micah 7:9, Micah 7:10, Micah 7:16, Micah 7:17, Malachi 4:3, Acts 16:39, Revelation 3:9
Reciprocal: Exodus 6:9 - hearkened
Cross-References
But Abram told the king of Sodom, "I swear to God , The High God, Creator of Heaven and Earth, this solemn oath, that I'll take nothing from you, not so much as a thread or a shoestring. I'm not going to have you go around saying, ‘I made Abram rich.' Nothing for me other than what the young men ate and the share of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; they're to get their share of the plunder."
Next Joseph brought his father Jacob in and introduced him to Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh. Pharaoh asked Jacob, "How old are you?"
All these are the tribes of Israel, the twelve tribes. And this is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each one with his own special farewell blessing.
He said, " God bless you, my dear daughter! What a splendid expression of love! And when you could have had your pick of any of the young men around. And now, my dear daughter, don't you worry about a thing; I'll do all you could want or ask. Everybody in town knows what a courageous woman you are—a real prize! You're right, I am a close relative to you, but there is one even closer than I am. So stay the rest of the night. In the morning, if he wants to exercise his customary rights and responsibilities as the closest covenant redeemer, he'll have his chance; but if he isn't interested, as God lives, I'll do it. Now go back to sleep until morning."
A David Psalm God claims Earth and everything in it, God claims World and all who live on it. He built it on Ocean foundations, laid it out on River girders.
How can I stand up before God and show proper respect to the high God? Should I bring an armload of offerings topped off with yearling calves? Would God be impressed with thousands of rams, with buckets and barrels of olive oil? Would he be moved if I sacrificed my firstborn child, my precious baby, to cancel my sin?
Abruptly Jesus broke into prayer: "Thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. You've concealed your ways from sophisticates and know-it-alls, but spelled them out clearly to ordinary people. Yes, Father, that's the way you like to work."
At that, Jesus rejoiced, exuberant in the Holy Spirit. "I thank you, Father, Master of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the know-it-alls and showed them to these innocent newcomers. Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way.
How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He's the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The evil bow before the good,.... Wicked men before good men. This, as Jarchi observes, respects future time; even the latter day glory, or the spiritual times of the Messiah, when the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be given to the saints of the most High: for though there may have been some few instances of this kind, as Haman bowing before Mordecai, and the Heathen emperors before Constantine; and there may be some now, in some cases where obligation requires; yet this is far from being general, as it will be in the spiritual reign of Christ; when the sons of those that afflicted the church will come bending to her, and they that have despised her shall bow themselves down at the soles of her feet; and even great personages too shall bow down and lick the dust of her feet; the kings of the earth, who before have been in confederacy with antichrist, and have persecuted the saints, now shall hate the whore, and honour the true church of Christ: this will be in the Philadelphian state, which is the same with the spiritual reign of Christ; such who called themselves Jews, and are not, shall come and worship before the feet of the church, and own that she and her members are the favourites of heaven, Daniel 7:27
Isaiah 49:23;
and the wicked at the gates of the righteous; or, "come to the gates of the righteous", as the Syriac version supplies it; they come and knock there, stand and wait, or lay themselves down; become prostrate and humble supplicants for relief and protection, as beggars do. This may also respect their attendance at Wisdom's gates, at the gates of Zion, on public ordinances, for counsel and instruction, which before they despised, Proverbs 8:34. The Septuagint version is, "shall serve thy gates"; that is, at them; see Isaiah 60:11.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 14:19. The evil bow before the good — They are almost constrained to show them respect; and the wicked, who have wasted their substance with riotous living, bow before the gates of the righteous-of benevolent men-begging a morsel of bread.
