Proverbs 25:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest are faithful messengers to those who send them; they refresh the spirit of their masters.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, So is a faithful messenger to them that send him: For he refresheth the soul of his masters.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ Like the cold of snow [brought from the mountains] in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the life of his masters.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, So is a faithful messenger to them that send him; For he refresheth the soul of his masters.

Common English Bible

¹³ Like the coolness of snow on a harvest day are reliable messengers to those who send them; they restore the life of their master.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Just like the cold of snow in a time of harvest, so also is a faithful messenger to him who sent him: he causes his soul to rest.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to him that sent him, for he refresheth his soul.

Proverbs 25:13 Cross References

Proverbs 13:17

A bad messenger brings trouble, but a faithful envoy, healing.

Proverbs 22:21

to show you what is right and true, so that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?

Proverbs 25:25

Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.

Proverbs 26:6

It is like cutting off one’s foot and drinking down violence, to send a message by a fool.

Joshua 22:32

Then the priest Phinehas son of Eleazar and the chiefs returned from the Reubenites and the Gadites in the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the Israelites, and brought back word to them.