Proverbs 24:16
For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
Majority Standard Bible
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
17Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
Cross References
Numbers 32:23But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.
1 Samuel 31:4Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
Job 5:19He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
Psalms 52:5Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
Proverbs 13:21Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.
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 →