Proverbs 24:16
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For a just man shall fall seven times, and shall rise again: but the wicked shall fall down into evil.

a just

Job 5:19 In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee.

Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the just; but out of them all will the Lord deliver them.

Psalm 37:24 When he shall fall he shall not be bruised, for the Lord putteth his hand under him.

Micah 7:8-10 Rejoice not, thou my enemy, over me, because I am fallen: I shall arise, when I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light. . . .

2 Corinthians 1:8-10 For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation which came to us in Asia: that we were pressed out of measure above our strength, so that we were weary even of life. . . .

2 Corinthians 4:8-12 In all things we suffer tribulation: but are not distressed. We are straitened: but are not destitute. . . .

2 Corinthians 11:23-27 They are the ministers of Christ (I speak as one less wise): I am more; in many more labours, in prisons more frequently, in stripes above measure, in deaths often. . . .

but

Proverbs 13:17 The messenger of the wicked shall fall into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

Proverbs 28:14-18 Blessed is the man that is always fearful: but he that is hardened in mind shall fall into evil. . . .

1 Samuel 26:10 And David said: As the Lord liveth, unless the Lord shall strike him, or his day shall come to die, or he shall go down to battle, and perish:

1 Samuel 31:4 Then Saul said to his armourbearer: Draw thy sword, and kill me: lest these uncircumcised come, and slay me, and mock at me. And his armourbearer would not: for he was struck with exceeding great fear. Then Saul took his sword, and fell upon it.

Esther 7:10 So Aman was hanged on the gibbet, which he had prepared for Mardochai: and the king's wrath ceased.

Psalm 7:16 His sorrow shall be turned on his own head: and his iniquity shall come down upon his crown.

Psalm 52:5 Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living.

Amos 5:2 The virgin of Israel is cast down upon her land, there is none to raise her up.

Amos 8:14 In that day the fair virgins, and the young men shall faint for thirst.

Acts 12:23 And forthwith an angel of the Lord struck him, because he had not given the honour to God: and, being eaten up by worms, he gave up the ghost.

1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they shall say: Peace and security; then shall sudden destruction come upon them, as the pains upon her that is with child, and they shall not escape.

Revelation 18:20,21 Rejoice over her, thou heaven and ye holy apostles and prophets. For God hath judged your judgment on her. . . .

Context
Do not Envy
15Lie not in wait, nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just, nor spoil his rest. 16For a just man shall fall seven times, and shall rise again: but the wicked shall fall down into evil.17When thy enemy shall fall, be not glad, and in his ruin let not thy heart rejoice:…
Cross References
2 Corinthians 4:9
We suffer persecution: but are not forsaken. We are cast down: but we perish not.

Job 5:19
In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee.

Psalm 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the just; but out of them all will the Lord deliver them.

Psalm 34:21
The death of the wicked is very evil: and they that hate the just shall be guilty.

Psalm 37:24
When he shall fall he shall not be bruised, for the Lord putteth his hand under him.

Psalm 79:12
And render to our neighbours sevenfold in their bosom: the reproach wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.

Proverbs 6:15
Six things there are, which the Lord hateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth:

Proverbs 14:32
The wicked man shall be driven out in his wickedness: but the just hath hope in his death.

Proverbs 24:22
For their destruction shall rise suddenly: and who knoweth the ruin of both?

Jeremiah 8:4
And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord: Shall not he that falleth, rise again? and he that is turned away, shall he not turn again?

Jeremiah 18:17
As a burning wind will I scatter them before the enemy: I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their destruction.

Micah 7:8
Rejoice not, thou my enemy, over me, because I am fallen: I shall arise, when I sit in darkness, the Lord is my light.

Lexicon
For though
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

a righteous
צַדִּ֣יק (ṣad·dîq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6662: Just, righteous

man falls
יִפּ֣וֹל (yip·pō·wl)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5307: To fall, lie

seven times,
שֶׁ֨בַע ׀ (še·ḇa‘)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

he will get up,
וָקָ֑ם (wā·qām)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

but the wicked
וּ֝רְשָׁעִ֗ים (ū·rə·šā·‘îm)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

will stumble
יִכָּשְׁל֥וּ (yik·kā·šə·lū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3782: To totter, waver, to falter, stumble, faint, fall

into ruin.
בְרָעָֽה׃ (ḇə·rā·‘āh)
Preposition-b | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil


Additional Translations
For though a righteous man falls seven times, he will get up, but the wicked will stumble into ruin.For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

For a righteous man will fall seven times, and rise again: but the ungodly shall be without strength in troubles.

For the righteous falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked stumble into disaster.

For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

For seven times doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.
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