15 Bible Verses about Downfall
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Before disaster the heart of a man is haughty and filled with self-importance,
But humility comes before honor.
For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again,
But the wicked stumble in time of disaster and collapse.
He who walks blamelessly and uprightly will be kept safe,
But he who is crooked (perverse) will suddenly fall.
“The arrogant (proud) one will stumble and fall
With no one to raise him up;
And I will set fire to his cities
And it will devour all who are around him.”
When the wicked are in authority, transgression increases,
But the righteous will see the downfall of the wicked.
Whoever is [spiritually] wise, let him understand these things;
Whoever is [spiritually] discerning and understanding, let him know them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
And the righteous will walk in them,
But transgressors will stumble and fall in them.
O Israel, return [in repentance] to the Lord your God,
For you have stumbled and fallen [visited by tragedy], because of your sin.
When the wicked came against me to eat up my flesh,
My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell.
There those who [are perverse and] do evil have fallen;
They have been thrust down and cannot rise.
“I consumed them and shattered them, so that they did not rise;
They fell under my feet.
I shattered them so that they were not able to rise;
They fell [wounded] under my feet.
Do not rejoice and gloat when your enemy falls,
And do not let your heart be glad [in self-righteousness] when he stumbles,
Topics on Downfall
Downfall Of Israel
Isaiah 3:8
For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen,
Because their words and their actions are against the Lord,
To rebel against His glorious presence and defiantly provoke Him.