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For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again.
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“For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again.”

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King James Bible — Proverbs 24:16
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1611
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King James Version translation committees · from Biblical Hebrew / Aramaic / Koine Greek
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Meaning of “For a just man falleth seven times, and…”

Falling is not treated as final defeat; character appears in the repeated act of getting up and continuing.

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Proverbs 24:16, King James Version.

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