Proverbs 13:17
A wicked messenger falls into evil, || And a faithful ambassador is healing.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
In Context
16Every prudent one deals with knowledge, || And a fool spreads out folly.
18Whoever is refusing instruction—poverty and shame, || And whoever is observing reproof is honored.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:26As vinegar to the teeth, || And as smoke to the eyes, || So [is] the slothful to those sending him.
Proverbs 25:23A north wind brings forth rain, || And a secret tongue—indignant faces.
Jeremiah 23:13“And I have seen folly in prophets of Samaria, || They have prophesied by Ba‘al, || And cause My people—Israel—to err.
Ezekiel 3:18In My saying to the wicked: You surely die; and you have not warned him, nor have spoken to warn the wicked from his wicked way, so that he lives; he—the wicked—dies in his iniquity, and I require his blood from your hand.
1 Corinthians 4:2and as to the rest, it is required in the stewards that one may be found faithful,
2 Corinthians 5:20in behalf of Christ, then, we are ambassadors, as if God were calling through us, we implore, in behalf of Christ, “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 →