Proverbs 24:16
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.”
צַדִּיק
The blessed man is not the one who has never fallen — it is the one who knows where not to stand, not to walk, not to sit. Righteousness in the Psalms is relational — it is being in right standing with God, walking in step with Him, rooted in His word like a tree by water.
קוּם
Rise
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קוּם
To arise, to stand up, to establish. Quwm. Arise shine for your light has come. God calls His people to get up. Passivity is not the posture of those who carry His glory.
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שֶׁבַע
seven times
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שֶׁבַע
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
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כָּשַׁל
they will stumble
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כָּשַׁל
to totter or waver (through weakness of the legs, especially the ankle); by implication, to falter, stumble, faint or fall
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נָפַל
Fall
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נָפַל
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
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