Proverbs 24:16

New American Bible - revised edition

Though the just fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble from only one mishap.

Cross References

Genesis 19:35

So that night, too, they plied their father with wine, and then the younger one went in and lay with him; but he was not aware of her lying down or getting up.

Job 5:19

Out of six troubles he will deliver you, and at the seventh no evil shall touch you.

Psalm 34:19

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted, saves those whose spirit is crushed.

Psalm 34:21

He watches over all his bones; not one of them shall be broken.

Psalm 37:24

May stumble, but he will never fall, for the Lord holds his hand.

Psalm 52:5

You love evil more than good, lying rather than saying what is right. Selah

Psalm 7:16

He digs a hole and bores it deep, but he falls into the pit he has made.

Psalm 79:12

Turn back sevenfold into the bosom of our neighbors the insult with which they insulted you, Lord.

Proverbs 13:17

A wicked messenger brings on disaster, but a trustworthy envoy is a healing remedy.

Proverbs 13:21

Misfortune pursues sinners, but the just shall be recompensed with good.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked are overthrown by their wickedness, but the just find a refuge in their integrity.

Proverbs 24:22

For disaster will issue suddenly, and calamity from them both, who knows when?

Proverbs 6:15

Therefore their doom comes suddenly; in an instant they are crushed beyond cure.

Jeremiah 18:17

Like the east wind, I will scatter them before their enemies; I will show them my back, not my face, in their day of disaster. Another Prayer for Vengeance.

Jeremiah 8:4

Tell them: Thus says the Lord: When someone falls, do they not rise again? if they turn away, do they not turn back?

Ezekiel 7:5

Thus says the Lord God: Evil upon evil! See it coming!

Amos 5:2

She is fallen, to rise no more, virgin Israel; She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.

Amos 8:14

Those who swear by Ashima of Samaria, and who say, “By the life of your god, O Dan,” “By the life of the Power of Beer-sheba!” They shall fall, never to rise again.

Numbers 32:23

But if you do not do this, you will have sinned against the Lord, and you can be sure that the consequences of your sin will overtake you.

Acts 12:23

At once the angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not ascribe the honor to God, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

When people are saying, “Peace and security,” then sudden disaster comes upon them, like labor pains upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.

1 Samuel 26:10

As the Lord lives,” David declared, “only the Lord can strike him: either when the time comes for him to die, or when he goes out and perishes in battle.

1 Samuel 31:4

Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through; otherwise these uncircumcised will come and abuse me.” But the armor-bearer, badly frightened, refused, so Saul took his own sword and fell upon it.