Proverbs 24:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Even if good people fall seven times, they will get back up. But when trouble strikes the wicked, that's the end of them.

Cross References

Psalm 34:19

The LORD's people may suffer a lot, but he will always bring them safely through.

Psalm 37:24

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

Job 5:19

God will protect you from harm, no matter how often trouble may strike.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

People will think they are safe and secure. But destruction will suddenly strike them like the pains of a woman about to give birth. And they won't escape.

Proverbs 14:32

In times of trouble the wicked are destroyed, but even at death the innocent have faith.

Proverbs 13:17

Whoever delivers your message can make things better or worse for you.

Amos 5:2

you, dearest Israel, have fallen, never to rise again— you lie deserted in your own land, with no one to help you up.

Psalm 52:5

God will destroy you for ever! He will grab you and drag you from your homes. You will be uprooted and left to die.

1 Samuel 26:10

As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD will kill Saul, or Saul will die a natural death or be killed in battle.

Psalm 7:16

The trouble they cause comes back on them, and their heads are crushed by their own evil deeds.

Esther 7:10

Straight away, Haman was hanged on the tower he had built to hang Mordecai, and the king calmed down.

Acts 12:23

At once an angel from the Lord struck him down because he took the honour that belonged to God. Later, Herod was eaten by worms and died.

Amos 8:14

You made promises in the name of Ashimah, the goddess of Samaria. And you made vows in my name at the shrines of Dan and Beersheba. But you will fall and never get up.

1 Samuel 31:4

Saul told the soldier who carried his weapons, “Kill me with your sword! I don't want those worthless Philistines to torture me and make fun of me.” But the soldier was afraid to kill him. Saul then took out his own sword; he stuck the blade into his stomach, and fell on it.

Psalm 34:21

Wicked people are killed by their own evil deeds, and if you hate God's people you will be punished.

Psalm 79:12

Each of those nations sneered at you, our Lord. Now let others sneer at them, seven times as much.

Proverbs 6:15

But they will be struck by sudden disaster and left without a hope.

Proverbs 24:22

Who knows what sudden disaster the LORD or a ruler might bring?

Jeremiah 8:4

The LORD said: People of Jerusalem, when you stumble and fall, you get back up, and if you take a wrong road, you turn round and go back.

Jeremiah 18:17

When your enemies attack, I will scatter you like dust blown by an eastern wind. Then, on that day of disaster, I will turn my back on you.

Genesis 19:35

That night they got their father drunk, and this time the younger sister slept with him. But once again he was too drunk even to know she was there.

Numbers 32:23

But if you don't keep your promise, you will sin against the LORD and be punished.

Proverbs 13:21

You are in for trouble if you sin, but you will be rewarded if you live right.

Ezekiel 7:5

There's never been anything like the coming disaster.