Proverbs 24:16

The righteous rise again after falling, but the wicked are brought down by calamity.

Cross-references · 20

• Ps 34:19Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
• Ps 37:24Though he stumble, he shall not fall, for Yahweh holds him up with his hand.
• Mic 7:8–10Don’t rejoice against me, my enemy. When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Yahweh will be a light to me.
• Job 5:19He will deliver you in six troubles; yes, in seven no evil shall touch you.
• 2 Cor 4:8–12We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;
• 2 Cor 11:23–27Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I am more so; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often.
• Prov 14:32The wicked is brought down in his calamity, but in death, the righteous has a refuge.
• 1 Th 5:3For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman; and they will in no way escape.
• Rev 18:20–21“Rejoice over her, O heaven, you saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on her.”
• Prov 13:17A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.
• 2 Cor 1:8–10For we don’t desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.
• Prov 28:14–18Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
• Amos 5:2“The virgin of Israel has fallen; She shall rise no more. She is cast down on her land; there is no one to raise her up.”
• Ps 52:5God will likewise destroy you forever. He will take you up, and pluck you out of your tent, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah.
• 1 Sam 26:10David said, “As Yahweh lives, Yahweh will strike him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.
• Ps 7:16The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
• Esth 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
• Acts 12:23Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.
• 1 Sam 31:4Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me!” But his armor bearer would not; for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it.
• Amos 8:14Those who swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, ‘As your god, Dan, lives;’ and, ‘As the way of Beersheba lives;’ they will fall, and never rise up again.”

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