Proverbs 24:16

falleth not into sin, for the Heb. word is never used of moral lapse, but into trouble or calamity. You will "lay wait against" him and "spoil" him (Proverbs 24:15) to no purpose. You may cause him many "falls" by your machinations, but he will rise superior to them all. "Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand" (Psalms 37:24. Comp. Psalms 34:19). Whereas "the wicked," among whom thou art thus numbering thyself (Proverbs 24:15), shall fall into mischief; or rather, shall not merely fall to rise again, but are overthrown by calamity (R.V.). By a single calamity, it may be (in contrast to the sevenfold recovery of the righteous) they are utterly crushed.