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Proverbs 24:16

Proverbs chapter 24 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again; But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

Context

v.15Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous; Destroy not his resting-place:

v.16This passage

v.17Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 5:19

    He will deliver thee in six troubles; Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

  • Amos 5:2

    The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is cast down upon her land; there is none to raise her up.

  • 2 Corinthians 1:8

    For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

  • Amos 8:14

    They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, As thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, As the way of Beer-sheba liveth; they shall fall, and never rise up again.

  • Micah 7:8

    Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me.

  • Psalms 37:24

    Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; For Jehovah upholdeth him with his hand.