Proverbs 13:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

A wicked messenger falls into mischief, but a faithful ambassador is health.

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  • Prov 25:13 : 13 As 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.
  • Prov 25:23 : 23 The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.
  • Prov 26:6 : 6 He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet, and drinks in damage.
  • Jer 23:13-16 : 13 And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal and caused my people Israel to err. 14 I have also seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They also strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none returns from his wickedness. They are all to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants of it as Gomorrah. 15 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem profaneness has gone forth into all the land. 16 Thus says the LORD of hosts, Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They make you vain; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
  • Jer 23:28 : 28 The prophet who has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he who has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? says the LORD.
  • Ezek 3:18 : 18 When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you do not give him warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.
  • Ezek 33:7-8 : 7 So you, O son of man, I have set you a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. 8 When I say to the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die; if you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.
  • 1 Cor 4:2 : 2 Moreover, it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful.
  • 2 Cor 2:17 : 17 For we are not like many who corrupt the word of God; but as of sincerity, as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ.
  • 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God.
  • 1 Tim 1:12 : 12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
  • 2 Tim 2:2 : 2 And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.
  • Prov 10:26 : 26 As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    20He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 25:13
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    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.

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    6He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet, and drinks in damage.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

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  • Prov 13:15-16
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  • Prov 27:6
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  • Prov 13:5-6
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  • Prov 11:18-19
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  • Prov 10:9-10
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  • Prov 14:35
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