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Proverbs 24:16
For a iust man falleth seuen times, and riseth againe: but the wicked fall into mischiefe.
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Proverbs 24:16 in other translations
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.
for a righteous man falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
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In context
13 My sonne, eate hony, for it is good, and the hony combe, for it is sweete vnto thy mouth.
14 So shall the knowledge of wisdome be vnto thy soule, if thou finde it, and there shall be an ende, and thine hope shall not be cut off.
15 Laye no waite, O wicked man, against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.
16 For a iust man falleth seuen times, and riseth againe: but the wicked fall into mischiefe.
17 Bee thou not glad when thine enemie falleth, and let not thine heart reioyce when hee stumbleth,
18 Least the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turne his wrath from him.
19 Fret not thy selfe because of the malicious, neither be enuious at the wicked.
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