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Proverbs 14:19

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Proverbs 14:19 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 14:19

Theological / Devotional

At the gates. This verse is not invariably fulfilled in this life; though, even here, the wicked sometimes find the tables reversed so that they are forced to bow before the righteous. As the allegorical rich man was ready to bow before Abraham and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31), so all the wicked will one day bow outside the New Jerusalem and acknowledge the justice of their exclusion from heaven (see Rev. 20:9, 12).

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