Proverbs 14:19

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

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  • Gen 42:6 : 6 Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.
  • Gen 43:28 : 28 Then, lifting up his eyes, he saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and he said, Is this your youngest brother of whom you gave me word? And he said, God be good to you, my son.
  • Exod 8:8 : 8 Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron and said, Make prayer to the Lord that he will take away these frogs from me and my people; and I will let the people go and make their offering to the Lord.
  • Exod 9:27-28 : 27 Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have done evil this time: the Lord is upright, and I and my people are sinners. 28 Make prayer to the Lord; for there has been enough of these thunderings of God and this ice-storm; and I will let you go and will keep you no longer.
  • Exod 11:8 : 8 And all these your servants will come to me, going down on their faces before me and saying, Go out, and all your people with you: and after that I will go out. And he went away from Pharaoh burning with wrath.
  • 1 Sam 2:36 : 36 Then it will be that the rest of your family, anyone who has not been cut off, will go down on his knees to him for a bit of silver or a bit of bread, and say, Be pleased to put me into one of the priest's places so that I may have a little food.
  • 2 Kgs 3:12 : 12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Lord is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
  • Esth 7:7-8 : 7 And the king in his wrath got up from the feast and went into the garden: and Haman got to his feet to make a prayer for his life to Esther the queen: for he saw that the king's purpose was evil against him. 8 Then the king came back from the garden into the room where they had been drinking; and Haman was stretched out on the seat where Esther was. Then the king said, Is he taking the queen by force before my eyes in my house? And while the words were on the king's lips, they put a cloth over Haman's face.
  • Ps 49:14 : 14 Death will give them their food like sheep; the underworld is their fate and they will go down into it; their flesh is food for worms; their form is wasted away; the underworld is their resting-place for ever.
  • Prov 11:29 : 29 The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.
  • Isa 60:14 : 14 And the sons of those who were cruel to you will come before you with bent heads; and those who made sport of you will go down on their faces at your feet; and you will be named, The Town of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
  • Mic 7:9-9 : 9 I will undergo the wrath of the Lord, because of my sin against him; till he takes up my cause and does what is right for me: when he makes me come out into the light, I will see his righteousness; 10 And my hater will see it and be covered with shame; she who said to me, Where is the Lord your God? my eyes will see their desire effected on her, now she will be crushed under foot like the dust of the streets.
  • Mic 7:16-17 : 16 The nations will see and be shamed because of all their strength; they will put their hands on their mouths, their ears will be stopped. 17 They will take dust as their food like a snake, like the things which go flat on the earth; they will come shaking with fear out of their secret places: they will come with fear to the Lord our God, full of fear because of you.
  • Mal 4:3 : 3 And the evil-doers will be crushed under you, they will be dust under your feet, in the day when I do my work, says the Lord of armies.
  • Acts 16:39 : 39 Then they came and made prayers to them, requesting them, when they had taken them out, to go away from the town.
  • Rev 3:9 : 9 See, I will make those of the Synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews, and are not, but say what is false; I will make them come and give worship before your feet, and see my love for you.

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  • Prov 21:12
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  • Ps 34:21
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    21Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

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    21Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.

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    32The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.

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    7Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Prov 12:26
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  • Prov 11:8
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    8The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

  • Job 22:19
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  • Prov 11:5-6
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    16When evil men are in power, wrongdoing is increased; but the upright will have pleasure when they see their downfall.

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  • Prov 21:7
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    7By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

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  • Prov 29:6-7
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