16 Bible Verses about A Righteous Man May Fall 7 Times

Proverbs 24:16 ESV / 10 helpful votes

For the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity.

Micah 7:8 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Rejoice not over me, O my enemy; when I fall, I shall rise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.

Psalm 34:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all.

Job 5:19 ESV / 5 helpful votes

He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no evil shall touch you.

Proverbs 24:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,

Proverbs 24:1-34 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them, for their hearts devise violence, and their lips talk of trouble. By wisdom a house is built, and by understanding it is established; by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge enhances his might, ...

Psalm 37:24 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Though he fall, he shall not be cast headlong, for the Lord upholds his hand.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Amos 5:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Fallen, no more to rise, is the virgin Israel; forsaken on her land, with none to raise her up.”

Ecclesiastes 7:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Surely there is not a righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.

Proverbs 25:1-28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied. It is the glory of God to conceal things, but the glory of kings is to search things out. As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth, so the heart of kings is unsearchable. Take away the dross from the silver, and the smith has material for a vessel; take away the wicked from the presence of the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness. ...

Proverbs 24:15 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; do no violence to his home;

Proverbs 23:1-35 ESV / 2 helpful votes

When you sit down to eat with a ruler, observe carefully what is before you, and put a knife to your throat if you are given to appetite. Do not desire his delicacies, for they are deceptive food. Do not toil to acquire wealth; be discerning enough to desist. When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven. ...

Psalm 34:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Affliction will slay the wicked, and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.

Esther 7:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated.

Numbers 16:1-50 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now Korah the son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men. And they rose up before Moses, with a number of the people of Israel, 250 chiefs of the congregation, chosen from the assembly, well-known men. They assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron and said to them, “You have gone too far! For all in the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the Lord?” When Moses heard it, he fell on his face, and he said to Korah and all his company, “In the morning the Lord will show who is his, and who is holy, and will bring him near to him. The one whom he chooses he will bring near to him. ...

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