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Proverbs 24:16

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For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

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  1. Proverbs 24:14

    So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

  2. Proverbs 24:15

    Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place:

  3. Proverbs 24:17

    Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

  4. Proverbs 24:18

    Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

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