Proverbs 13:17

WEB

¹⁷A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.

KJV

¹⁷A wicked^[+] messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

BSB

¹⁷A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

FBV

¹⁷A bad messenger creates^[+] trouble, but a faithful representative brings healing.

Extra References

Proverbs 25:13

¹³As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the soul of his masters.

⁷“So you, son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warnings from me. ⁸When I tell the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ and you don’t speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at your hand.

1 Corinthians 4:2

²Here, moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

2 Corinthians 5:20

²⁰We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

2 Timothy 2:2

²The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same things to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

Ezekiel 3:18

¹⁸When I tell the wicked, ‘You will surely die;’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at your hand.

1 Timothy 1:12

¹²I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service,

Proverbs 10:26

²⁶As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

Proverbs 25:23

²³The north wind produces rain; so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

Jeremiah 23:13-16

¹³“I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria. They prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. ¹⁴In the prophets of Jerusalem I have also seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one returns from his wickedness. They have all become to me as Sodom, and its inhabitants as Gomorrah.”

¹⁵Therefore the LORD of Armies says concerning the prophets: “Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink poisoned water; for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has gone out into all the land.”

¹⁶The LORD of Armies says, “Don’t listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They teach you vanity. They speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.