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

14Know that wisdom is thus for your soul; If you find it, then there will be a future, And your hope will not be cut off. 15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; Do not destroy his resting place; For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again, But the wicked stumble in time of calamity. 17Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles; 18Or the Lord will see it and be displeased, And turn His anger away from him.

Proverbs 24:16 word by word

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

• righteousצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662
• fallsנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• and risesקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• stumbleכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782

Cross-references for Proverbs 24:16

• Job 5:19From six troubles He will deliver you, Even in seven evil will not touch you.
• Psalms 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the Lord delivers him out of them all.
• Psalms 37:24When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong, Because the Lord is the One who holds his hand.
• Micah 7:8Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy. Though I fall I will rise; Though I dwell in darkness, the Lord is a light for me.
• 2 Corinthians 1:8For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life;
• 2 Corinthians 4:8we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing;
• 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ?--I speak as if insane--I more so; in far more labors, in far more imprisonments, beaten times without number, often in danger of death.
• Proverbs 13:17A wicked messenger falls into adversity, But a faithful envoy brings healing.
• Proverbs 28:14How blessed is the man who fears always, But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
• 1 Samuel 26:10David also said, “As the Lord lives, surely the Lord will strike him, or his day will come that he dies, or he will go down into battle and perish.
• 1 Samuel 31:4Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and pierce me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised will come and pierce me through and make sport of me.” But his armor bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.
• Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king’s anger subsided.
• Psalms 7:16His mischief will return upon his own head, And his violence will descend upon his own pate.
• Psalms 52:5But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah.
• Amos 5:2She has fallen, she will not rise again-- The virgin Israel. She lies neglected on her land; There is none to raise her up.
• Amos 8:14As for those who swear by the guilt of Samaria, Who say, ‘As your god lives, O Dan,’ And, ‘As the way of Beersheba lives,’ They will fall and not rise 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