Proverbs 24:16 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹⁶ for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: But the wicked shall fall into mischief.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ For a righteous man falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity. [Job 5:19; Ps. 34:19; 37:24; Mic. 7:8.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ The righteous may fall seven times but still get up, but the wicked will stumble into trouble.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ For the just one will fall seven times, and he shall rise again. But the impious will fall into evil.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Proverbs 24:16 Cross References

Genesis 19:35

So they made their father drink wine that night also; and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose.

Esther 7:10

And the king said, “Hang him on that.” So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.

Job 5:19

He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven there shall no evil touch you.

Psalm 34:19

Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

Psalm 34:21

Evil shall slay the wicked; and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

Psalm 37:24

though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord is the stay of his hand.

Psalm 52:5

But God will break you down for ever; he will snatch and tear you from your tent; he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

Psalm 7:16

His mischief returns upon his own head, and on his own pate his violence descends.

Psalm 79:12

Return sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted thee, O Lord!

Proverbs 13:17

A bad messenger plunges men into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

Proverbs 13:21

Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is overthrown through his evil-doing, but the righteous finds refuge through his integrity.

Proverbs 24:22

for disaster from them will rise suddenly, and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?

Proverbs 6:15

therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.

Jeremiah 18:17

Like the east wind I will scatter them before the enemy. I will show them my back, not my face, in the day of their calamity.”

Jeremiah 8:4

“You shall say to them, Thus says the Lord: When men fall, do they not rise again? If one turns away, does he not return?

Ezekiel 7:5

“Thus says the Lord God: Disaster after disaster! Behold, it comes.

Amos 5:2

“Fallen, no more to rise, is the virgin Israel; forsaken on her land, with none to raise her up.”

Amos 8:14

Those who swear by Ashimah of Samaria, and say, ‘As thy god lives, O Dan,’ and, ‘As the way of Beer-sheba lives,’ they shall fall, and never rise again.”

Numbers 32:23

But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord; and be sure your sin will find you out.

Acts 12:23

Immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give God the glory; and he was eaten by worms and died.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people say, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them as travail comes upon a woman with child, and there will be no escape.

1 Samuel 26:10

And David said, “As the Lord lives, the Lord will smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.

1 Samuel 31:4

Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and make sport of me.” But his armor-bearer would not; for he feared greatly. Therefore Saul took his own sword, and fell upon it.