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Proverbs 24:16

American Standard Version

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

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Proverbs 24:16 in other translations

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

Proverbs 24:16 · World English Bible

Proverbs 24:16 in context

  1. 14So shalt thou know wisdom to be unto thy soul; If thou hast found it, then shall there be a reward, And thy hope shall not be cut off.
  2. 15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:
  3. 16For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
  4. 17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;
  5. 18Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him, And he turn away his wrath from him.