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Proverbs 24:16
For seven times doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.
Proverbs 24:16 · Young's Literal Translation
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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 Eat my son, honey that is good, And the honeycomb--sweet to thy palate.
14 So is the knowledge of wisdom to thy soul, If thou hast found that there is a posterity And thy hope is not cut off.
15 Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.
16 For seven times doth the righteous fall and rise, And the wicked stumble in evil.
17 In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,
18 Lest Jehovah see, and it be evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.
19 Fret not thyself at evil doers, Be not envious at the wicked,
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