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Proverbs 13:17 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 13 · verse 17
A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.Proverbs 13:17 · King James Version
Proverbs 13:17 in context
15Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.
16Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
17A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
18Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
19The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ambassadortsîyra hingeH6735 →
- messengermălʼâka messengerH4397 →
- mischiefraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- faithfulʼêmûwnestablishedH529 →
- fallethnâphalto fall, in a great variety of applicationsH5307 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
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Here we have, 1. The ill consequences of betraying a trust. A wicked messenger, who, being sent to negotiate any business, is false to him that employed him, divulges his counsels, and so defeats his designs, cannot expect to prosper, but will certainly fall into some mischief or other, will be discovered and…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary