Declaring All the Counsel of God

English 🇵🇭 Tagalog When A Just Man Falleth Text: Proverbs 24:16 Falling Is Not the End Brethren, the Word of God says, “For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief” ( Prov. 24:16 ). Notice, the verse does not say if a just man falls, but when . Even those who are righteous in Christ will stumble, make mistakes, and face weakness. The difference between the just and the wicked is not whether they fall—it is what they do afterward. The just man rises again. The wicked stays down. Have you fallen, brethren? Have you sinned, slipped, or grown cold in faith? God’s Word tells you: falling is not the end—unless you choose to stay there.   The Nature of Falling To “falleth” here comes from the Hebrew word naphal , meaning to collapse, stumble, or be cast down. It does not describe a life of deliberate sin but moments of weakness, of being overtaken. Paul speaks of this in Galatians 6:1 : “Brethr...