Proverbs 13:17

A Conservative Version

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

Cross References

Proverbs 25:13

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

2 Corinthians 5:20

We are therefore, ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were calling through us. We plead on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.

1 Corinthians 4:2

And beyond that, it is sought in managers that any man should be found faithful.

Ezekiel 3:18

When I say to a wicked man, Thou shall surely die, and thou give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked man from his wicked way, to save his life, the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at

2 Timothy 2:2

And what thou have heard from me through many witnesses, these things commit thou to faithful men who will be competent to teach others also.

1 Timothy 1:12

And I have gratitude to the Christ--Jesus our Lord--who empowered me, because he considered me faithful, having placed in service

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not as other men, huckstering the word of God, but as from purity. But we speak in Christ as from God in the sight of God.

Jeremiah 23:28

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 straw to the wheat? says LORD.

Proverbs 26:6

He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet, [and] drinks injury.

Proverbs 25:23

The north wind brings forth rain. So does a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.

Proverbs 10:26

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

Proverbs 13:18

Poverty and shame [are to] him who refuses correction, but he who regards reproof shall be honored.

Numbers 31:8

And they killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.