Proverbs 13:17
A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
BSB
ASV
A wicked messenger falleth into evil; But a faithful ambassador is health.
KJV
A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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1 Corinthians 4:2Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.
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His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master!’
And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?
Whoever is faithful with very little will also be faithful with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
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2 Corinthians 5:20Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.
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for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.
So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.
For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.
Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel?
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1 Timothy 1:12I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.
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I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
A wicked messenger - The Septuagint: basileuv yrasuev, a bold king; instead of מלאך malach, a messenger, they had read מלך melech, a king: but they are singular in this rendering; none of the other versions have it so. He that betrays the counsels of his government, or the interests of his country, will sooner or later fall into mischief; but he that faithfully and loyally fulfils his mission, shall produce honor and safety to the commonwealth.
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.