Proverbs 24:16

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 24:15-16

This is spoken, not so much by way of counsel to wicked men (they will not receive instruction, Prov. 23:9), but rather in defiance of them, for the encouragement of good people that are threatened by them. See here, 1. The designs of the wicked against the righteous, and the success they promise themselves in those designs. The plot is laid deeply: They lay wait against the dwelling of the righteous, thinking to charge some iniquity upon it, or compass dome design against it; they lie in wait... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 24:16

For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again ,.... This is to be understood of a truly just man; not of one that is only outwardly and seemingly so, or of temporary believers and nominal professors; but of such who are thoroughly convinced of their own unrighteousness, and believe in Christ for righteousness, and have it applied and imputed to them; as well as have principles of grace and righteousness implanted in them, and live righteously in this evil world; these often... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 24:16

For a just man - צדיק tsaddik , the righteous, the same person mentioned above. Falleth seven times - Gets very often into distresses through his resting place being spoiled by the wicked man, the robber, the spoiler of the desert, lying in wait for this purpose, Proverbs 24:15 . And riseth up again - Though God permit the hand of violence sometimes to spoil his tent, temptations to assail his mind, and afflictions to press down his body, he constantly emerges; and every time... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:15-16

A warning against plotting for the ruin of a good man's house, with a view doubtless of profiting by the disaster. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:15-18

Violence and shameful joy defeated I. THE ATTITUDE OF THE MAN OF FRAUD AND VIOLENCE DEPICTED . ( Proverbs 24:15 .) He is like the prowling wild beast, seeking whom he may devour. God the Creator has not armed us with tooth or tusk or other means of defence, like the wild beasts which are formed for making war on others. We are strongly furnished for defence, not for attack. Ferocity is distinctly an unnatural vice in us. II. HIS ACTIVITY IS DEVASTATING .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:16

A just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again. The fall may be taken of sin or of calamity. Preachers, ancient and modern, have made much use of this text in the first sense, expatiating how a good man may fall into venial or more serious sins, but he never loses his love of God, and rises from his fall by repentance on every occasion. We also often find the words in die , "a day," added, which indeed occur in some manuscripts, but are not in the original. But the verb naphal ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 24:16

The fall of a good man I. IT IS POSSIBLE FOR A GOOD MAN TO FALL . 1 . Here is a warning against presumption . "Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall" (lCo Proverbs 10:12 ). No one is so perfect as to be impeccable. Peter, who little expected it, failed in the moment of trial. 2 . He is a warning against wrong judgments . If a good man stumbles it is commonly thought that he proves himself to have been a hypocrite from the first. No... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 24:15-16

Proverbs 24:15-16. Lay not wait, &c., against the dwelling of the righteous Against his person, or family, or possessions. Do him no injury, either by subtle and secret devices, or, as it follows, by manifest violence. For a just man falleth Into calamities, of which he evidently speaks both in the foregoing verse, and in the opposite and following branch of this verse; and in this sense the same word, נפל , is used in the next verse, and in many other places. It is never applied to ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 24:1-34

Godly and ungodly citizens (24:1-34)In contrast to the destructive schemes of the wicked are the constructive acts of the wise. A life built by wisdom is likened to a strongly built and richly furnished house (24:1-4). Wisdom gives people real strength and success, but folly gives them nothing worthwhile, not even sensible words that can benefit their fellow citizens (5-7). (In ancient times the place where citizens liked to gather was the open area just inside the city gate; v. 7. There they... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 24:16

just = righteous. the wicked = lawless ones. mischief = calamity. Hebrew. ra'a'. Not the same word as in Proverbs 24:2 and Proverbs 24:8 . read more

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