Proverbs 24:16
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
In Context
17Rejoice not when thine enemy falls, and let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown,
Cross References
Numbers 32:23But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against LORD, and be sure your sin will find you out.
1 Samuel 31:4Then Saul said to his armor bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armor bearer would not, for he was very afraid. Therefore Saul took his s
Job 5:19He will deliver thee in six troubles. Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but LORD delivers him out of them all.
Psalms 52:5God will likewise destroy thee forever. He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
Proverbs 13:21Evil pursues sinners, but the righteous shall be recompensed with good.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 24:16-17
Cautions against Envy. 15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: 16 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. This is spoken, not so much by way of counsel to wicked men (they will not receive instruction, ch. xxiii. 9 ), but rather in defiance of them, for the encouragement of good people that are threatened by them. See here, 1. The designs of the wicked against the righteous, and the success they… Read the whole commentary →