Proverbs 24:16
For though the righteous were to fall seven times, he will rise up again; but the wicked shall stumble into misfortune.
Leeser Tanakh
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
15Lie not in wait, O wicked man! against the dwelling of the righteous; waste not his resting-place;
17At the fall of thy enemy do not rejoice; and at his stumbling let not thy heart be glad:
Cross References
Numbers 32:23But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord; and ye shall experience the punishment of your sin which will overtake you.
1 Samuel 31:4And Saul said unto his armor-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and wantonly ill-use me. But his armor-bearer would not; for he was greatly afraid; wherefore Saul took the sword, and fell upon it.
Job 5:19In six distresses will he deliver thee; and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Psalms 34:19(34:20) Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but out of them all the Lord ever delivereth him.
Psalms 52:5(52:7) [Therefore] God will also destroy thee for ever: he will take thee away, and pluck thee out of his tent, and root thee out of the land of life. Selah.—
Proverbs 13:21Evil pursueth the sinners; but the righteous will [God] repay with happiness.
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 →