That night they again got their father to drink wine, and the younger went and slept with him; he did not know when she lay down or when she got up.
Proverbs 24:16 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Though a righteous person falls seven times, he will get up, but the wicked will stumble into ruin. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: But the wicked shall fall into mischief. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity. Common English Bible The righteous may fall seven times but still get up, but the wicked will stumble into trouble. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 For a just man shall fall seven times and shall rise again: but the wicked shall fall down into evil. |
That night they again got their father to drink wine, and the younger went and slept with him; he did not know when she lay down or when she got up.
They hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger subsided.
He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
A wicked envoy falls into trouble, but a trustworthy courier brings healing.
The wicked one is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous one has a refuge in his death.
for destruction will come suddenly from them; who knows what distress these two can bring?
Therefore calamity will strike him suddenly; he will be shattered instantly, beyond recovery.
I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them my back and not my face on the day of their calamity.
‘You are to say to them: This is what the Lord says: Do people fall and not get up again? If they turn away, do they not return?
This is what the Lord God says: Look, one disaster after another is coming!
She has fallen; Virgin Israel will never rise again. She lies abandoned on her land with no one to raise her up.
Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As your god lives, Dan,’ or, ‘As the way , of Beer-sheba lives’ – they will fall, never to rise again.
But if you don’t do this, you will certainly sin against the Lord; be sure your sin will catch up with you.
At once an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.
When they say, ‘Peace and security’, then sudden destruction will come upon them, like labour pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
David added, ‘As the Lord lives, the Lord will certainly strike him down: either his day will come and he will die, or he will go into battle and perish.
Then Saul said to his armour-bearer, ‘Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me! ’ But his armour-bearer would not do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it.