Psalm 37:24 {36:24}
Good News Translation
If they fall, they will not stay down, because the LORD will help them up.

New Revised Standard Version
though we stumble, we shall not fall headlong, for the LORD holds us by the hand.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD will hold your hand, and if you stumble, you still won't fall.

New American Bible
May stumble, but he will never fall, for the LORD holds his hand.

Douay-Rheims Bible
When he shall fall he shall not be bruised, for the Lord putteth his hand under him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Though

Psalm 34:19,20 Many are the afflictions of the just; but out of them all will the Lord deliver them. . . .

Psalm 40:2 And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.

Psalm 91:12 In their hands they shall bear thee up: lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.

Psalm 94:18 If I said: My foot is moved: thy mercy, O Lord, assisted me.

Psalm 145:14 The Lord lifteth up all that fall: and setteth up all that are cast down.

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

Micah 7:7,8 But I will look towards the Lord, I will wait for God, my saviour: my God will hear me. . . .

Luke 2:34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother: Behold this child is set for the fall and for the resurrection of many in Israel and for a sign which shall be contradicted.

Luke 22:31,32,60-62 And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat. . . .

for

Psalm 37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken in pieces; but the Lord strengtheneth the just.

Psalm 145:14 The Lord lifteth up all that fall: and setteth up all that are cast down.

John 10:27-30 My sheep hear my voice. And I know them: and they follow me. . . .

Context
Do Not Envy Those who Do Wrong
23With the Lord shall the steps of a man be directed, and he shall like well his way. 24When he shall fall he shall not be bruised, for the Lord putteth his hand under him.25I have been young and now am old; and I have not seen the just forsaken, nor his seed seeking bread.…
Cross References
2 Corinthians 4:9
We suffer persecution: but are not forsaken. We are cast down: but we perish not.

Psalm 20:8
They are bound, and have fallen: but we are risen, and are set upright.

Psalm 54:4
For behold God is my helper: and the Lord is the protector of my soul.

Psalm 55:22
Cast thy care upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee: he shall not suffer the just to waver for ever.

Psalm 119:116
Uphold me according to thy word, and I shall live: and let me not be confounded in my expectation.

Psalm 119:173
Let thy hand be with me to save me; for I have chosen thy precepts.

Psalm 145:14
The Lord lifteth up all that fall: and setteth up all that are cast down.

Psalm 147:6
The Lord lifteth up the meek, and bringeth the wicked down even to the ground.

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

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.

Psalm 37:23
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