Proverbs 13:17
A bad messenger creates trouble, but a faithful representative brings healing.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
In Context
16All wise people act intelligently, but stupid people demonstrate their stupidity.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:26In the same way vinegar irritates the teeth and smoke irritates the eyes, lazy people irritate their employers.
Proverbs 25:23In the same way that the north wind brings rain, slandering people makes them angry.
Jeremiah 23:13I saw the prophets of Samaria doing something really offensive: They prophesied in the name of Baal and led my people Israel to sin.
Ezekiel 3:18For example, if I give a warning to someone who's wicked, saying, ‘You are going to die for sure,’ but you don't warn them, if you don't speak out to warn them to stop their wicked ways so they can go on living, then that wicked person will die in their sins, and I will hold you responsible for their death.
1 Corinthians 4:2More than this, those who have such responsibilities are required to be trustworthy.
2 Corinthians 5:20So we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God is pleading through us: “Please, won't you come back and be God's friend?”
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 →