Proverbs 13:17
The messenger of the wicked shall fall into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
In Context
16The prudent mall doth all things with counsel: but he that is a fool, layeth open his folly.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:26As vinegar to the teeth, and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that sent him.
Proverbs 25:23The north wind driveth away rain, as doth a sad countenance a backbiting tongue.
Jeremiah 23:13And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied in Baal, and deceived my people Israel.
Ezekiel 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.
1 Corinthians 4:2Here now it is required among the dispensers, that a man be found faithful.
2 Corinthians 5:20For Christ therefore we are ambassadors, God as it were exhorting by us. For Christ, we beseech you, be reconciled to God.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:17
16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly. Note, 1. It is wisdom to be cautious. Every prudent discreet man does all with knowledge (considering with himself and consulting with others), acts with deliberation and is upon the reserve, is careful not to meddle with that which he has not some knowledge of, not to launch out into business which he has not acquainted himself with, will not deal with those that he has not some knowledge of, whether they may be confided in. He is… Read the whole commentary →