Now Joseph was governor over the land; it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.
Proverbs 14:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The evil bow down before the good, the wicked at the gates of the righteous. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The evil bow before the good; And the wicked at the gates of the righteous. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The evil men bow before the good, and the wicked [stand suppliantly] at the gates of the [uncompromisingly] righteous. American Standard Version (1901) The evil bow down before the good; And the wicked, at the gates of the righteous. Common English Bible Evil people will bow down before the good; wicked people are at the gates of the righteous. Catholic Public Domain Version The evil will fall down before the good. And the impious will fall down before the gates of the just. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The evil shall fall down before the good: and the wicked before the gates of the just. |
Now Joseph was governor over the land; it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.
They said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.” And they bowed their heads and did obeisance.
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.
Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; straight to the grave they descend, and their form shall waste away; Sheol shall be their home.
Then all these officials of yours shall come down to me and bow low to me, saying, ‘Leave us, you and all the people who follow you.’ After that I will leave.” And in hot anger he left Pharaoh.
Then Pharaoh called Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the Lord to take away the frogs from me and my people, and I will let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.”
Those who trouble their households will inherit wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.
The simple are adorned with folly, but the clever are crowned with knowledge.
The descendants of those who oppressed you shall come bending low to you, and all who despised you shall bow down at your feet; they shall call you the City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
And you shall tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet, on the day when I act, says the Lord of hosts.
so they came and apologized to them. And they took them out and asked them to leave the city.
I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say that they are Jews and are not but are lying—I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have loved you.
Everyone who is left in your family shall come and prostrate himself before him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and shall say, ‘Please put me in one of the priest’s places, that I may eat a morsel of bread.’ ”