“for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in calamity.”
Seven in Hebrew scripture is not a count — it is the number of completeness, the symbol of 'again and again and again.' Solomon is not saying a righteous man falls seven times total and then stops falling. He is saying the righteous man is defined not by how many times he falls, but by the single fact that he rises every time.
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