Proverbs 24:16
For seven [times] doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.
Young's Literal Translation
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 wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.
17In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,
Cross References
Numbers 32:23'And if ye do not so, lo, ye have sinned against Jehovah, and know ye your sin, that it doth find you;
1 Samuel 31:4and Saul saith to the bearer of his weapons, 'Draw thy sword, and pierce me with it, lest they come — these uncircumcised — and have pierced me, and rolled themselves on me;' and the bearer of his weapons hath not been willing, for he is greatly afraid, and Saul taketh the sword, and falleth upon it.
Job 5:19In six distresses He delivereth thee, And in seven evil striketh not on thee.
Psalms 34:19Many [are] the evils of the righteous, Out of them all doth Jehovah deliver him.
Psalms 52:5Also — God doth break thee down for ever, Taketh thee, and pulleth thee out of the tent, And He hath uprooted thee Out of the land of the living. Selah.
Proverbs 13:21Evil pursueth sinners, And good recompenseth 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 →