Proverbs 25:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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.

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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 wicked messenger falleth into evil: But a faithful ambassador is health.

Proverbs 22:21

To make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, That thou mayest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?

Proverbs 25:25

As cold waters to a thirsty soul, So is good news from a far country.

Proverbs 26:6

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.

Joshua 22:32

And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.