Proverbs 24:16

Modern English Version

for a righteous man falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked are overthrown in evil.

Cross References

Psalm 34:19

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

Psalm 37:24

Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the Lord upholds him with His hand.

Job 5:19

In six crises He will deliver you; even in seven, disaster will not touch you.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction will come upon them as labor upon a woman with child, and they shall not escape.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is banished in his wickedness, but the righteous has a refuge in his death.

Proverbs 13:17

A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

Amos 5:2

Fallen, no more to rise is maiden Israel; forsaken on her land, with no one to raise her up.

Psalm 52:5

But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you away and pluck you from your home, and uproot you from the land of the living.    Selah

1 Samuel 26:10

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

Psalm 7:16

His mischief will return on his own head; his violence will descend on the crown of his own head.

Esther 7:10

Then the king said, “Hang him on it!” So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.

Acts 12:23

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

Amos 8:14

Those who swear by Ashimah of Samaria, and say, “By the life of your god, O Dan,” and, “By the life of the way of Beer-sheba” — they shall fall and never rise again.

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 abuse me.” But his armor bearer would not, for he was very afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword and fell upon it.

Psalm 34:21

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

Psalm 79:12

And render to our neighbors sevenfold into their lap the reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord.

Proverbs 6:15

Therefore his calamity will come suddenly; suddenly he will be broken without remedy.

Proverbs 24:22

for their calamity will rise suddenly, and who knows the ruin those two can bring?

Jeremiah 8:4

Moreover you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord: Do men fall and not arise? Do they turn away and not repent?

Jeremiah 18:17

I will scatter them before the enemy as with an east wind; I will show them the back and not the face in the day of their calamity.

Genesis 19:35

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

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.

Proverbs 13:21

Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.

Ezekiel 7:5

Thus says the Lord God: A disaster! A unique disaster! Behold, it is coming!