Proverbs 24:16
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Proverbs 24:16 in other translations
| BSB | For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times. |
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| WEB | for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity. |
| ASV | For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity. |
| YLT | For seven times doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil. |
| DARBY | For the righteous falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked stumble into disaster. |
| BBE | For an upright man, after falling seven times, will get up again: but trouble is the downfall of the evil. |
| Webster | For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. |
What does Proverbs 24:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 24:15-16
15-16. The plots of the wicked against the good, though partially, shall not be fully successful (Psa 37:24); while the wicked, falling under penal evil, find no help.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 24:15-16
The sincere soul falls as a traveller may do, by stumbling at some stone in his path; but gets up, and goes on his way with more care and speed. This is rather to be understood of falls into affliction, than falls into actual sin.
Proverbs 24:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 24:16
- Psalms 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
- Psalms 37:24
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand.
- Micah 7:8-10
Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the Lord thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets.
- Job 5:19
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
- 2 Corinthians 4:8-12
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. …
- 2 Corinthians 11:23-27
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; …
- Proverbs 14:32
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
- Revelation 18:20-21
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:3
For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
- Proverbs 13:17
A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
- 2 Corinthians 1:8-10
For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
- Psalms 52:5
God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
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Context
- Proverbs 24:15
Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:
- Proverbs 24:16
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
- Proverbs 24:17
Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Proverbs 24:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque siete veces cae el justo, y se torna á levantar; mas los impíos caerán en el mal. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car le juste tombe sept fois, et se relève; mais les méchants trébuchent pour tomber dans le malheur. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn der Gerechte fällt siebenmal und steht wieder auf, aber die Gesetzlosen stürzen nieder im Unglück. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Septies enim cadet justus, et resurget: impii autem corruent in malum. |