Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
Proverbs 13:17 - Revised Standard Version A bad messenger plunges men into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: But a faithful ambassador is health. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A wicked messenger falls into evil, but a faithful ambassador brings healing. American Standard Version (1901) A wicked messenger falleth into evil; But a faithful ambassador is health. Common English Bible Wicked messengers fall into trouble, but a reliable one brings healing. Catholic Public Domain Version The messenger of the impious will fall into evil. But a faithful ambassador shall prosper. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The messenger of the wicked shall fall into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. |
Like vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction, but he who heeds reproof is honored.
Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a faithful messenger to those who send him, he refreshes the spirit of his masters.
The north wind brings forth rain; and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
Let the prophet who has a dream tell the dream, but let him who has my word speak my word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat? says the Lord.
If 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, in order to save his life, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.
They slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian; and they also slew Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word; but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
So we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We beseech you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
I thank him who has given me strength for this, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful by appointing me to his service,
and what you have heard from me before many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.