For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall by calamity.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
The text, “For a just man shall fall seven times and shall rise again,” means that he will not perish, however often he falls. There is here no question of falling into sins but of afflictions leading to a lower life.