Proverbs 13:17

Modern English Version

A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

Cross References

Proverbs 10:26

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

Proverbs 13:18

Poverty and shame will come to him who disdains instruction, but he who heeds reproof will be honored.

Proverbs 25:13

Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful envoy to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.

Proverbs 25:23

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

Proverbs 26:6

He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his feet and drinks violence.

Jeremiah 23:28

The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream. And he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? says the Lord.

Ezekiel 3:18

When I say to the wicked, “You shall surely die,” and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at your hand.

Numbers 31:8

They killed the kings of Midian, in addition to the rest of those who were killed: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian. Balaam the son of Beor they also killed with the sword.

1 Corinthians 4:2

Moreover it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not as many are who peddle the word of God. Instead, being sent by God, we sincerely speak in Christ in the sight of God.

2 Corinthians 5:20

So we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us. We implore you in Christ’s stead: Be reconciled to God.

1 Timothy 1:12

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, because He counted me faithful and appointed me to the ministry.

2 Timothy 2:2

Share the things that you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses with faithful men who will be able to teach others also.