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 words “falls seven times” are employed to express every kind of tribulation, whereby one is cast down in the sight of people; and the words “rises up again” signify that one profits from all these tribulations.
