As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master.
A man taking false news is a cause of trouble, but he who gives news rightly makes things well.
To make you see how certain are true words, so that you may give a true answer to those who put questions to you?
As cold water to a tired soul, so is good news from a far country.
He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.
Then Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, and the chiefs went back from the land of Gilead, from the children of Reuben and the children of Gad, and came to the children of Israel in Canaan and gave them the news.