Mishlei 24:15-16 - For the Tzadik Falls Seven Times and Gets Up Again (Part 1)

The Mishlei Podcast · Apr 24, 2023 · 48m

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Mishlei 24:15-16 - For the Tzadik Falls Seven Times and Gets Up Again (Part 1)

(טו) אַל תֶּאֱרֹב רָשָׁע לִנְוֵה צַדִּיק, אַל תְּשַׁדֵּד רִבְצוֹ:

(טז) כִּי שֶׁבַע יִפּוֹל צַדִּיק וָקָם וּרְשָׁעִים יִכָּשְׁלוּ בְרָעָה:

Length: 47 minutes

Synopsis: This morning (4/24/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk which - to my mind - stands out as one of the most "inspiring" pesukim in Mishlei. However, I had never analyzed this pasuk in context, and the context complicates things to a surprising degree. We managed to sketch out…