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15 (A)Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the abode of the righteous;
Do not destroy his resting place;
16 For a (B)righteous man falls seven times, and rises again,
But the (C)wicked will stumble in [a]calamity.

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  1. Proverbs 24:16 Lit evil

15 Lay not wait, [a]O wicked man, against the [b]habitation of the righteous;
Destroy not his [c]resting-place:
16 For a righteous man falleth seven times, and riseth up again;
But the wicked are overthrown by calamity.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:15 Or, as a wicked man
  2. Proverbs 24:15 Or, pasture
  3. Proverbs 24:15 Or, fold