Proverbs 24:16

For a tzaddik falleth sheva (seven times), and riseth up again, 1 but the resha'im are overthrown in ra'ah. 1

Orthodox Jewish 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

15Lay not in wait, O rasha, against the naveh (dwelling) of the tzaddik; 1 assault not his resting place; 1

17Gloat not when thine oyev falleth, 1 and let not thine lev rejoice when he stumbleth, 1

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Cross References

Numbers 32:23But if ye will not do so, hinei, ye have sinned against Hashem and be sure chattatechem (your sin) will find you out.

1 Samuel 31:4Then said Sha'ul unto his noseh keli (armor bearer), Draw thy cherev, and thrust me through therewith; lest these arelim (uncircumcised ones) come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his noseh keli would not; for he was very afraid. Therefore Sha'ul took a cherev, and fell upon it.

Job 5:19He shall deliver thee in shesh tzoros; 1 yea, in shivah there shall no rah touch thee. 1

Psalms 34:19Hashem is near unto them whose lev is broken; 1 and saveth such whose ruach is contrite. 1

Psalms 52:5Thou lovest rah more than tov; 1 and sheker rather than to speak tzedek. 1 Selah 1

Proverbs 13:21Ra'ah (disaster) pursueth chatta'im (sinners), 1 but tov is the reward of the tzaddikim. 1

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 →

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