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 consider wisdom for thy soul; if thou hast found it, there shall be a result, and thine expectation shall not be cut off. 15Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; lay not waste his resting-place. For the righteous falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked stumble into disaster. 17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy heart be glad when he stumbleth; 18lest Jehovah see it, and it be evil in his sight, and he turn away his anger 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
• stumbleכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782

Cross-references for Proverbs 24:16

• Job 5:19He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
• Psalms 34:19Many are the adversities 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 his hand.
• Micah 7:8Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: though I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah shall be a light unto me.
• 2 Corinthians 1:8For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, as to our tribulation which happened [to us] in Asia, that we were excessively pressed beyond [our] power, so as to despair even of living.
• 2 Corinthians 4:8every way afflicted, but not straitened; seeing no apparent issue, but our way not entirely shut up;
• 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as being beside myself) I above measure [so]; in labours exceedingly abundant, in stripes to excess, in prisons exceedingly abundant, 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 always; but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into evil.
• 1 Samuel 26:10And David said, [As] Jehovah liveth, Jehovah will surely smite him; either his day shall come to die, or he shall descend into battle and perish.
• 1 Samuel 31:4Then said Saul to his armour-bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through with it; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armour-bearer would not; for he was much afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it.
• Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath was appeased.
• Psalms 7:16His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate.
• Psalms 52:5God shall likewise destroy thee for ever; he shall take thee away, 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 arise: 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! even 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