THEOSISProverbs 13:17Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The messenger of the wicked shall fall into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
מַלְאָ֣ךְ רָ֭שָׁע יִפֹּ֣ל בְּרָ֑ע וְצִ֖יר אֱמוּנִ֣ים מַרְפֵּֽא׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 25:13As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to him that sent him, for he refresheth his soul.
- Ezek 33:7So thou, O son of man, I have made thee a watchman to the house of Israel: therefore thou shalt hear the word from my mouth, and shalt tell it them from me.
- Ezek 33:8When I say to the wicked: O wicked man, thou shalt surely die: if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked man from his way: that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand.
- 1 Cor 4:2Here now it is required among the dispensers that a man be found faithful.
- Ezek 3:18If, when I say to the wicked, Thou shalt surely die: thou declare it not to him, nor speak to him, that he may be converted from his wicked way, and live: the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at thy hand.
- 2 Cor 5:20For Christ therefore we are ambassadors, God as it were exhorting by us, for Christ, we beseech you, be reconciled to God.
- Prov 25:23The north wind driveth away rain, as doth a sad countenance a backbiting tongue.
- Jer 23:13And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied in Baal and deceived my people Israel.