Proverbs 24:16

New English Translation

Although a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked will be brought down by calamity.

Cross References

Genesis 19:35

So they made their father drunk that night as well, and the younger one came and had sexual relations with him. But he was not aware that she had sexual relations with him and then got up.

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king’s rage then abated.

Job 5:19

He will deliver you from six calamities; yes, in seven no evil will touch you.

Psalm 34:19

The godly face many dangers, but the Lord saves them from each one of them.

Psalm 34:21

Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished.

Psalm 37:24

Even if he trips, he will not fall headlong, for the Lord holds his hand.

Psalm 52:5

Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah)

Psalm 7:16

He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head.

Psalm 79:12

Pay back our neighbors in full! May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord!

Proverbs 13:17

An unreliable messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

Proverbs 13:21

Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death.

Proverbs 24:22

for suddenly their destruction will overtake them, and who knows the ruinous judgment both the Lord and the king can bring?

Proverbs 6:15

Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy.

Jeremiah 18:17

I will scatter them before their enemies like dust blowing in front of a burning east wind. I will turn my back on them and not look favorably on them when disaster strikes them.”

Jeremiah 8:4

The Lord said to me, “Tell them, ‘The Lord says, Do people not get back up when they fall down? Do they not turn around when they go the wrong way?

Ezekiel 7:5

“This is what the sovereign Lord says: A disaster – a one-of-a-kind disaster – is coming!

Amos 5:2

“The virgin Israel has fallen down and will not get up again. She is abandoned on her own land with no one to help her get up.”

Amos 8:14

These are the ones who now take oaths in the name of the sinful idol goddess of Samaria. They vow, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or ‘As surely as your beloved one lives, O Beer Sheba!’ But they will fall down and not get up again.”

Numbers 32:23

“But if you do not do this, then look, you will have sinned against the Lord. And know that your sin will find you out.

Acts 12:23

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

1 Thessalonians 5:3

Now when they are saying, “There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.

1 Samuel 26:10

David went on to say, “As the Lord lives, the Lord himself will strike him down. Either his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be swept away.

1 Samuel 31:4

Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and stab me with it! Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come, stab me, and torture me.” But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.