Proverbs 14:19 (BSB)

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

From Proverbs 14. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 14:19

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 14:19: 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 enriched, and enabled to give, and do give, even to the evil; for where God grants life we must not deny a livelihood. 2.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 14:19: 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...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 14:19: Describes the humbling of the wicked by the punishment their sins incur.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 14:19: The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. (k) If this come not daily to pass, we must consider that it is because of our sins, which hinder God's workings.