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- Verse 19
Proverbs 14:19
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
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…
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
That is, 1. The wicked are oftentimes impoverished and brought low, so that they are forced to beg, their wickedness having reduced them to straits; while good men, by the blessing of God, are…
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