Proverbs 24:16
16 For the righteous falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked stumble into disaster.
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16 For the righteous falleth seven times, and riseth up again; but the wicked stumble into disaster.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 24:16
Commentary on Proverbs 24:15-16
(Read Proverbs 24:15-16)
The sincere soul falls as a traveller may do, by stumbling at some stone in his path; but gets up, and goes on his way with more care and speed. This is rather to be understood of falls into affliction, than falls into actual sin.