Proverbs 24:15-16·~1 min
Saying 27
The wicked are forbidden to ambush the righteous man's home, for though the righteous may fall repeatedly, he rises again, whereas the wicked are overturned by disaster. The saying refuses to judge righteousness by uninterrupted ease and instead measures it by God's preserving power.
D15o not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; 16For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up;
Section summaryThe wicked are warned not to attack the righteous, because the righteous rise again though struck, while the wicked are finally ruined by calamity. Resilience belongs to the just, not because they never fall, but because they do not stay down.
Role in the chapterThis section contrasts the recoverability of the righteous with the final collapse of the wicked.