Proverbs 24:16

For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times.

Cross References (20)

  • Psalms 37:24 (49)

    Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand.

  • Psalms 34:19 (49)

    Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all.

  • Micah 7:8–10 (46)

    Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will arise; though I sit in darkness, the LORD will be my light.

  • Job 5:19 (40)

    He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:8–12 (29)

    We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

  • 2 Corinthians 11:23–27 (16)

    Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more im

  • Proverbs 14:32 (15)

    The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.

  • Revelation 18:20–21 (12)

    Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment ag

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3 (12)

    While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant

  • Proverbs 13:17 (11)

    A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

  • 2 Corinthians 1:8–10 (10)

    We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a bur

  • Amos 5:2 (7)

    “Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”

  • Proverbs 28:14–18 (7)

    Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

  • Psalms 52:5 (7)

    Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will upro

  • 1 Samuel 26:10 (6)

    David added, “As surely as the LORD lives, the LORD Himself will strike him down; either his day will come and he will d

  • Esther 7:10 (5)

    So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

  • Psalms 7:16 (5)

    His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.

  • 1 Samuel 31:4 (4)

    Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come an

  • Acts 12:23 (4)

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

  • Amos 8:14 (2)

    Those who swear by the guilt of Samaria and say, ‘As surely as your god lives, O Dan,’ or, ‘As surely as the way of Beer