Proverbs 24:16

Proverbs 24:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
• New International Version (NIV)for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.
• English Standard Version (ESV)for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For a righteous man may fall seven times And rise again, But the wicked shall fall by calamity.

Context of Proverbs 24:16

14So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul; If thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, And thy hope shall not be cut off. 15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place: For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity. 17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown; 18Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.

Proverbs 24:16 word by word

כִּ֤י שֶׁ֨בַע׀ יִפּ֣וֹל צַדִּ֣יק וָקָ֑ם וּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗ים יִכָּשְׁל֥וּ בְרָעָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• righteousצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• calamityרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: harmfulH7451

Cross-references for Proverbs 24:16

• Job 5:19He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
• Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.
• Psalms 37:24Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For Jehovah upholdeth him with his hand.
• Micah 7:8Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me.
• 2 Corinthians 1:8For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
• 2 Corinthians 4:8we are pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair;
• 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft.
• Proverbs 13:17A wicked messenger falleth into evil; But a faithful ambassador is health.
• Proverbs 28:14Happy is the man that feareth alway; But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
• 1 Samuel 26:10And David said, As Jehovah liveth, Jehovah will smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.
• 1 Samuel 31:4Then said Saul to his armorbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armorbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.
• Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
• Psalms 7:16His mischief shall return upon his own head, And his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
• Psalms 52:5God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. [Selah
• Amos 5:2The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up.
• Amos 8:14They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, As thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, As the way of Beer-sheba liveth; they shall fall, and never rise up again.

Commentaries on Proverbs 24:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16For a just man - צדיק tsaddik, the righteous, the same person mentioned above. Falleth seven times - Gets very often into distresses through his resting place being spoiled by the wicked man, the robber, the spoiler of the desert, lying in wait for this purpose, Proverbs 24:15. And riseth up again - Though God permit the hand of violence sometimes to spoil his tent, temptations to assail his mind, and afflictions to press down his body, he constantly…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-16Verses 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-16Saying 27: Godly people do not let setbacks keep them down. • Seven times symbolizes "many times."Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1615-16. 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.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Proverbs 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings