Proverbs 13:17

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Proverbs 10:26

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so are the lazy to their employers.

Proverbs 13:18

Poverty and disgrace are for the one who ignores instruction, but one who heeds reproof is honored.

Proverbs 25:13

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.

Proverbs 25:23

The north wind produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

Proverbs 26:6

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

Jeremiah 23:28

Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream, but let the one who has my word speak my word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat? says the Lord.

Ezekiel 3:18

When I say to the wicked, “You shall surely die,” and you give them no warning and do not speak to warn the wicked from their wicked way in order to save their lives, those wicked persons shall die for their iniquity, but their blood I will require at your hand.

Numbers 31:8

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

1 Corinthians 4:2

Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy.

2 Corinthians 2:17

For we are not peddlers of God’s word like so many, but as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God, we are speaking in Christ before God.

2 Corinthians 5:20

So we are ambassadors for Christ, since God is making his appeal through us; we entreat you on behalf of Christ: be reconciled to God.

1 Timothy 1:12

I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he considered me faithful and appointed me to his service,

2 Timothy 2:2

and what you have heard from me through many witnesses entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others as well.