Add parallel Print Page Options

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.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:16 Lit evil

Saying 27

15 Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous,
    do not plunder their dwelling place;
16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,
    but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.(A)

Read full chapter