Proverbs 24:16
14 Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off.
15 Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place.
For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
17 Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
18 or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
- KJV
- For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
- WEB
- for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
- ASV
- For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
- DARBY
- For the righteous falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked stumble into disaster.
- BLB
- for seven times the righteous may fall and rise up, and the wicked shall stumble into evil.
- ÅB
- For syv ganger faller den rettferdige og står opp igjen, men de ugudelige kastes over ende når ulykken kommer.
- OTB
- for selv om den rettferdige faller sju ganger, reiser de seg igjen, men de onde snubler når ulykken rammer.
- B1930
- For syv ganger faller den rettferdige og står op igjen, men de ugudelige kastes over ende når ulykken kommer.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 34:19
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.
Read in contextPsalms 37:24
Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.
Read in contextMicah 7:8–10
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.
Read in contextJob 5:19
He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:8–12
We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:23–27
Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
Read in contextProverbs 14:32
The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
Read in contextRevelation 18:20–21
Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.
Read in context