Proverbs 24:16
Those who do right may fall down seven times, and still get up again; but the wicked are brought down by disaster.
Free Bible 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
17Don't celebrate when your enemies fall; don't be glad when they trip up,
Cross References
Numbers 32:23But if you fail to do this, you will clearly be sinning against the Lord, and the consequences of your sin will catch up with you.
1 Samuel 31:4Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Take your sword and kill me, or these heathen men will come and kill and torture me!” But the armor-bearer didn't want to do it because he was too afraid. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
Job 5:19He will save you from many disasters; a multitude of evils will not affect you.
Psalms 34:19Those who do right have many problems, but the Lord solves all of them.
Psalms 52:5But God will strike you down so hard you'll never get up. He will grab hold of you and drag you from your tent. He will tear you out of the land of the living. Selah.
Proverbs 13:21Tragedy chases after the sinner, but prosperity rewards the 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 →