Proverbs 24:16
16 For a righteous man may fall seven times And rise again, But the wicked shall fall by calamity.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
16 For a righteous man may fall seven times And rise again, But the wicked shall fall by calamity.
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.