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Falls
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In the biblical context, the term "falls" can refer to both physical and spiritual descents. The Bible provides numerous accounts of individuals and nations experiencing falls, often as a result of disobedience to God or as a part of divine judgment. These falls serve as moral and spiritual lessons, emphasizing the consequences of sin and the need for repentance and reliance on God.

Physical Falls

Physical falls in the Bible often symbolize a loss of status or power. One of the most notable examples is the fall of King Saul. Initially chosen by God to be the first king of Israel, Saul's disobedience and failure to follow God's commands led to his downfall. In1 Samuel 15:26, the prophet Samuel tells Saul, "I will not return with you, because you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you as king over Israel."

Another significant physical fall is that of Babylon. InIsaiah 21:9, the fall of Babylon is proclaimed: "Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground.” This fall represents the judgment of God against a nation that had exalted itself in pride and idolatry.

Spiritual Falls

Spiritual falls are often depicted as a departure from faithfulness to God. The fall of Adam and Eve inGenesis 3 is the archetypal spiritual fall, where disobedience to God's command led to sin entering the world.Genesis 3:6 describes the moment of their fall: "When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it."

The New Testament also addresses spiritual falls, warning believers to remain vigilant in their faith. In1 Corinthians 10:12, Paul cautions, "So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall." This serves as a reminder of the constant need for humility and dependence on God's grace to avoid spiritual downfall.

Redemption and Restoration

Despite the reality of falls, the Bible consistently offers hope for redemption and restoration. The account of Peter's denial of Christ and subsequent restoration is a powerful example. After denying Jesus three times, Peter wept bitterly, but he was later restored by Christ and became a foundational leader in the early church. InJohn 21:17, Jesus asks Peter, "Do you love Me?" and commissions him to "Feed My sheep," signifying Peter's restoration and renewed purpose.

The Bible assures believers that though falls may occur, God's grace is sufficient to restore and uphold those who turn back to Him.Proverbs 24:16 states, "For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times." This verse underscores the resilience and hope found in a life anchored in God's promises.

Conclusion

The concept of falls in the Bible serves as a profound reminder of human frailty and the consequences of turning away from God. However, it also highlights the redemptive power of God's grace and the possibility of restoration for those who seek Him with a repentant heart.
Greek
1510. eimi -- I exist, I am
... belongs (4), bring* (1), came (1), come (5), consist (1), crave* (1), depends*
(1), do (1), done* (1), exist (3), existed (4), existed* (1),falls (1), found (...

1911. epiballo -- to throw over, to throw oneself
... Word Origin from epi and ballo Definition to throw over, to throw oneself NASB Word
Usage breaking over (1),falls (1), laid (8), lay (2), put (2), puts (2...

4624. skandalizo -- to put a snare (in the way), hence to cause to...
... hence to cause to stumble, to give offense NASB Word Usage cause (1), cause...to
stumble (2), causes (2), causes...to stumble (6), fall away (7),falls away (1...

3653. olunthos -- an unripe fig
... ol'-oon-thos) Short Definition: an unripe fig Definition: an unripe fig, one which,
not ripening in due time, grows through the winter andfalls off in the...

4098. pipto -- to fall
... root pet Definition to fall NASB Word Usage beat down (1), fail (1), fails (1),
fall (15), fall down (2), fallen (8), falling (3),falls (8), fell (46), fell...

2064. erchomai -- to come, go
... go NASB Word Usage arrival (1), arrived (1), brought (1), came (225), come (222),
comes (64), coming (87), entered (2), expected (3), fall (2),falls (1), give...

4917. sunthlao -- to crush together
... (3039 ). The verb was used of winnowing out the chaff and then of grinding to powder.
This is the fate of him on whom this Rejected Stonefalls" (, 1, 172)....

1601b. ekpipto -- to drop away, fig. to lose, become inefficient
... to lose, become inefficient NASB Word Usage failed (1), fall (1), fall away (1),
fallen (1),falls off (2), fell off (1), run aground (3). 1601a, 1601b....

868. aphistemi -- to lead away, to depart from
... histemi Definition to lead away, to depart from NASB Word Usage abstain (1), depart
(1), departed (1), deserted (1), drew away (1), fall away (2),falls away (1...

1706. empipto -- to fall into
... involved in. Word Origin from en and pipto Definition to fall into NASB
Word Usage fall (5),falls (1), fell (1). fall into. From...

Strong's Hebrew
5307. naphal -- to fall, lie
... root Definition to fall, lie NASB Word Usage abandon (1), allot (1), allotted (2),
anyonefalls (1), apportioned (2), attacked (2), born (1), bring down (1...

5927. alah -- to go up, ascend, climb
... 2), coming (12), dawn* (1), dawned (1), depart (1), enter (1), entered (1), erected
(1), evaporated (1), exalt (1), exalted (2), excel (1),falls (1), fell (2...

5456. sagad -- to prostrate oneself (in worship)
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to prostrate oneself (in worship) NASB Word
Usage bow down (1), fall down (1),falls down (2). fall down....

3381. yarad -- to come or go down, descend
... descend (7), descended (4), descending (2), descends (1), dismounted (1), dissolved
(1), do so (1), down (5), down* (2), fall (2), fallen (1),falls (1), fell...

3318. yatsa -- to go or come out
... do (1), draw (1), drawn (1), end (1), entered (1), escape (3), escaped (2), exacted
(1), exiled* (1), exported (2), expressed (1), extract (1),falls (1), fell...

Library

When DarknessFalls and Night is Here,
... SYNESIUS When darknessfalls and night is here,. tr., John Brownlie 8,8,8,8.... I. When
darknessfalls and night is here,. My hymns of praise in silence rise"....

Whether the Mode of virtueFalls under the Precept of the Law?
... OF THE MORAL PRECEPTS OF THE OLD LAW (TWELVE ARTICLES) Whether the mode
of virtuefalls under the precept of the law? Objection...

Whether the Mode of CharityFalls under the Precept of the Divine...
... OF THE MORAL PRECEPTS OF THE OLD LAW (TWELVE ARTICLES) Whether the mode of
charityfalls under the precept of the Divine law? Objection...

The Fourth and FifthFalls of Jesus.
... CHAPTER XXXV. The Fourth and FifthFalls of Jesus. The Daughters of Jerusalem.
The procession was still at some distance from the...

The Dual PrincipleFalls to the Ground; Plurality of Gods, of...
... Book I. Wherein is described the god of Marcion. Chapter V."The Dual PrincipleFalls
to the Ground; Plurality of Gods, of Whatever Number, More Consistent....

The EmperorFalls Sick and Dies.
... The ECCLESIASTICAL HistorY, BY SOCRATES SCHOLASTICUS. Book I. Chapter
XXXIX."The Emperorfalls sick and dies. A year having passed...

Abide with Me! FastFalls the Eventide;
... The Treasury of Sacred Song. Book First CCCX Abide with me! Fastfalls
the eventide; The darkness deepens: LORD, with me abide!...

"Abide with Me, FastFalls the Eventide. "
... Hymn 27. 10's. "Abide with me, fastfalls the eventide.". Abide with me, fast
falls the eventide; The darkness deepens; Lord, with me abide....

For in the First Place, in TheseFalls He Preserves in them the...
... Fifth Head of Doctrine Article 7 For in the first place, in thesefalls
He preserves in them the incorruptible seed? For in the...

Abide with Me: FastFalls the Eventide
... I. DAILY PRAYER: Morning Daily Prayer: Evening 18. Abide with me: fastfalls the
eventide. Four 10's... Henry F. Lyte, 1847. Abide with me: fastfalls the eventide;...

Thesaurus
Falls (79 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version ConcordanceFalls (79 Occurrences). Matthew... coin? Not one of them
falls on the ground apart from your Father's will, (WEB)....

Yields (21 Occurrences)
... RSV). Mark 4:7 Some, again,falls among the thorns; and the thorns spring
up and stifle it, so that it yields no crop. (WEY). Mark...

Utterly (170 Occurrences)
... WEY). Matthew 21:44 He whofalls on this stone will be severely hurt; but
he on whom itfalls will be utterly crushed." (WEY). Mark...

Crush (50 Occurrences)
... Matthew 21:44 He whofalls on this stone will be severely hurt; but he on whom
itfalls will be utterly crushed." (Root in WEY BBE YLT RSV)....

Crushed (199 Occurrences)
... (WEY BBE). Matthew 21:44 He whofalls on this stone will be severely hurt; but
he on whom itfalls will be utterly crushed." (WEY BBE RSV)....

Severely (48 Occurrences)
... Matthew 21:44 He whofalls on this stone will be severely hurt; but he
on whom itfalls will be utterly crushed." (WEY). Matthew...

Way-side (10 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Way-side (10 Occurrences). Matthew 13:4 As he sows, some
of the seedfalls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up. (WEY)....

Itself (203 Occurrences)
... Matthew 13:5 Somefalls on rocky ground, where it has but scanty soil.... A house divided
against itselffalls. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)....

Rainfall
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) A fall or descent of rain; the water, or amount of
water, thatfalls in rain; as, the average annual rainfall of a region. Int....

Peck (3 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Peck (3 Occurrences). Matthew 13:4 As he sows, some of
the seedfalls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up. (WEY)....

Resources
What does it mean that the rain falls on the just and the unjust? | GotQuestions.org

What should be our response when a Christian leader renounces the faith and falls away? | GotQuestions.org

Why is Jesus called the stumbling stone in Matthew 21:43-44? | GotQuestions.org

Falls: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Falls (79 Occurrences)

Matthew 7:25
and the heavy rainfalls, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and beat against the house; yet it does not fall, for its foundation is on rock.
(WEY)

Matthew 7:27
The heavy rain descends, the swollen torrents come, and the winds blow and burst upon the house, and itfalls; and disastrous is the fall."
(WEY)

Matthew 10:29
"Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of themfalls on the ground apart from your Father's will,
(WEB)

Matthew 12:11
He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this onefalls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?
(WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 13:4
As he sows, some of the seedfalls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.
(WEY)

Matthew 13:5
Somefalls on rocky ground, where it has but scanty soil. It quickly shows itself above ground, because it has no depth of earth;
(WEY)

Matthew 13:7
Somefalls among the thorns; but the thorns spring up and stifle it.
(WEY)

Matthew 13:8
But a portionfalls upon good ground, and gives a return, some a hundred for one, some sixty, some thirty.
(WEY)

Matthew 13:21
It has struck no root, however, within him. He continues for a time, but when suffering comes, or persecution, because of the Message, he at once stumbles andfalls.
(WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 17:15
"Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic, and suffers grievously; for he oftenfalls into the fire, and often into the water.
(WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 21:44
He whofalls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but on whoever it will fall, it will scatter him as dust."
(WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV)

Mark 4:4
As he sows, some of the seedfalls by the way-side, and the birds come and peck it up.
(WEY)

Mark 4:5
Somefalls on the rocky ground where it finds but little earth, and it shoots up quickly because it has no depth of soil;
(WEY)

Mark 4:7
Some, again,falls among the thorns; and the thorns spring up and stifle it, so that it yields no crop.
(WEY)

Mark 4:8
But some of the seedfalls into good ground, and gives a return: it comes up and increases, and yields thirty, sixty, or a hundred-fold."
(WEY)

Mark 5:22
And behold there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue, by name Jairus, and seeing him,falls down at his feet;
(DBY)

Luke 8:5
"The sower," He said, "goes out to sow his seed; and as he sows, some of the seedfalls by the way-side, and is trodden upon, or the birds of the air come and peck it up.
(WEY)

Luke 8:7
Another partfalls among the thorns, and the thorns grow up with it and stifle it.
(WEY)

Luke 8:8
But some of the seedfalls into good ground, and grows up and yields a return of a hundred for one." While thus speaking, He cried aloud and said, "Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!"
(WEY)

Luke 11:17
But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itselffalls.
(WEB DBY NAS RSV)

Luke 14:5
and answering them he said, 'Of which of you shall an ass or ox fall into a pit, and he will not immediately draw it up on the sabbath-day?'
(See NIV)

Luke 15:12
and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give to me the share of the property thatfalls to me. And he divided to them what he was possessed of.
(DBY NAS RSV)

Luke 20:18
Everyone whofalls on that stone will be broken to pieces, but it will crush whomever it falls on to dust."
(WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)

John 12:24
Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheatfalls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
(WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Romans 2:2
We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who practice such things.
(See NAS RSV)

Romans 14:4
Who are you who judge another's servant? To his own lord he stands orfalls. Yes, he will be made to stand, for God has power to make him stand.
(WEB WEY DBY NAS RSV NIV)

1 Thessalonians 5:3
While they are saying "Peace and safety!" then in a moment destructionfalls upon them, like birth-pains on a woman who is with child; and escape there is none.
(WEY)

Hebrews 3:12
See, brethren, lest there shall be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in the falling away from the living God,
(See NAS)

Hebrews 6:7
For land which has drunk in the rain that oftenfalls upon it, and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sakes, indeed, it is tilled, has a share in God's blessing.
(WEY NAS RSV)

Hebrews 12:15
looking carefully lest there be any man whofalls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;
(WEB WEY)

James 1:11
For the sun arises with the scorching wind, and withers the grass, and the flower in itfalls, and the beauty of its appearance perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in his pursuits.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

1 Peter 1:24
For, "All flesh is like grass, and all of man's glory like the flower in the grass. The grass withers, and its flowerfalls;
(WEB NAS RSV)

Genesis 49:17
Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, so that his riderfalls backward.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Exodus 15:16
Terror and dreadfalls on them. By the greatness of your arm they are as still as a stone- until your people pass over, Yahweh, until the people pass over who you have purchased.
(WEB)

Exodus 21:33
"If a man opens a pit, or if a man digs a pit and doesn't cover it, and a bull or a donkeyfalls into it,
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 11:32
On whatever any of themfalls when they are dead, it shall be unclean; whether it is any vessel of wood, or clothing, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it is, with which any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; then it will be clean.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Leviticus 11:33
Every earthen vessel, into which any of themfalls, all that is in it shall be unclean, and you shall break it.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Leviticus 11:35
Everything whereupon part of their carcassfalls shall be unclean; whether oven, or range for pots, it shall be broken in pieces: they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Leviticus 11:37
If part of their carcassfalls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 11:38
But if water is put on the seed, and part of their carcassfalls on it, it is unclean to you.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 16:9
Aaron shall present the goat on which the lot fell for Yahweh, and offer him for a sin offering.
(See NIV)

Numbers 24:4
The saying of him who heareth the words of God, who seeth the vision of the Almighty, fallen down, yet with opened eyes:
(See NIV)

Numbers 24:16
The saying of him who heareth the words of God, and knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, who seeth the vision of the Almighty, fallen down, yet with opened eyes:
(See NIV)

Numbers 33:54
You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance: wherever the lotfalls to any man, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 20:20
Only the trees of which thou knowest that they are not trees for food, them thou mayest destroy and cut down, that thou mayest build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Deuteronomy 22:8
When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a parapet for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thy house, if any man fall from thence.
(See NAS NIV)

2 Samuel 3:29
Let it fall on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house. Let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or whofalls by the sword, or who lacks bread."
(WEB DBY NAS NIV)

2 Samuel 3:34
Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters. As a manfalls before the children of iniquity, so you fell." All the people wept again over him.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 17:9
Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some place; and it will come to pass, when they fall upon them at the first, and whosoever heareth it shall say: There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom;
(See NAS)

2 Samuel 17:12
So shall we come on him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light on him as the dewfalls on the ground; and of him and of all the men who are with him we will not leave so much as one.
(WEB DBY NAS RSV)

Job 4:13
In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleepfalls on men,
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Job 14:18
And surely the mountain falling crumbleth away, and the rock is removed out of its place;
(See RSV)

Job 18:12
His trouble shall be ravenous, and calamity shall be ready for his fall.
(See NIV)

Job 30:30
My skin is black, and falleth from me, and my bones are burned with heat.
(See RSV)

Job 33:15
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleepfalls on men, in slumbering on the bed;
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Psalms 7:15
He hath digged a pit, and hollowed it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
(See RSV NIV)

Psalms 10:10
He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall into his mighty claws.
(See RSV)

Psalms 37:24
Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down; for the LORD upholdeth his hand.
(See NAS)

Psalms 72:6
He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
(See RSV)

Psalms 133:3
Like the dew of Hermon, which comes down on the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord gave orders for the blessing, even life for ever.
(See RSV)

Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the sincere shall make straight his way; but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
(See RSV)

Proverbs 11:14
Where there is no wise guidance, the nationfalls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.
(WEB RSV NIV)

Proverbs 13:17
A wicked messengerfalls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.
(WEB NAS NIV)

Proverbs 14:35
The king has pleasure in a servant who does wisely, but his wrath is against him who is a cause of shame.
(See RSV)

Proverbs 17:20
One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tonguefalls into trouble.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 24:16
for a righteous manfalls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 24:17
Don't rejoice when your enemyfalls. Don't let your heart be glad when he is overthrown;
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 26:9
Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.
(See NAS)

Proverbs 28:14
Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heartfalls into trouble.
(WEB NIV)

Ecclesiastes 4:10
For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow; but woe to him who is alone when hefalls, and doesn't have another to lift him up.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Ecclesiastes 9:12
For man also doesn't know his time. As the fish that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when itfalls suddenly on them.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Ecclesiastes 11:3
If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth; and if a treefalls toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there shall it be.
(WEB NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 9:8
The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and itfalls on Israel.
(WEB NAS)

Isaiah 24:20
The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunken man, and swayeth to and fro as a lodge; and the transgression thereof is heavy upon it, and it shall fall, and not rise again.
(See RSV NIV)

Isaiah 44:15
Then it will be for a man to burn; and he takes some of it, and warms himself. Yes, he burns it, and bakes bread. Yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it an engraved image, andfalls down to it.
(WEB NAS RSV)

Isaiah 44:17
And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image; he falleth down unto it and worshippeth, and prayeth unto it, and saith: 'Deliver me, for thou art my god.'
(See NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 21:9
Whoso is abiding in this city -- dieth, By sword, and by famine, and by pestilence, And whoso is going forth, And hath fallen unto the Chaldeans, Who are laying siege against you -- liveth, And his life hath been to him for a spoil.
(See NAS)

Ezekiel 13:12
And lo, fallen hath the wall! Doth not one say unto you, Where 'is' the daubing that ye daubed?
(See RSV)

Ezekiel 13:14
And I have broken down the wall that ye daubed with chalk, And have caused it to come unto the earth, And revealed hath been its foundation, And it hath fallen, And ye have been consumed in its midst, And ye have known that I 'am' Jehovah.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

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