Proverbs 13:17 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 13:17

A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

KJV

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ASV

A wicked messenger falleth into evil; But a faithful ambassador is health.

WEB

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

YLT

A wicked messenger falleth into evil, And a faithful ambassador is healing.

DBT

A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health.

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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17 verses on the floor

1 Corinthians 4:2
Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
Proverbs 24:16
For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
Proverbs 25:13
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
2 Timothy 2:2
And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
Proverbs 26:6
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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A wicked--or, "unfaithful" messenger falleth into mischief--or, "by mischief," or "evil," and so his errand fails. Contrasted is the character of the faithful, whose faithfulness benefits others.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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