Proverbs 13:17

Messengers who are not reliable cause trouble, but those who faithfully deliver their messages cause people to act peacefully.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

In Context

16Those who have good sense always think carefully/wisely before they do something; foolish people show by what they say and do that they are foolish.

18Those who refuse to pay attention when others discipline/correct them will become poor and disgraced; people respect those who accept it when they are rebuked for their bad behavior.

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Cross References

Proverbs 10:26We do not like a lazy person who refuses to do the job that he is given to do, just like we do not like vinegar in our mouths or smoke in our eyes.

Proverbs 25:23When wind blows from the right direction, it will rain; similarly [SIM], if we gossip about others, that causes them to look at us very angrily.

Jeremiah 23:13Previously I saw that the prophets in Samaria were doing something that was wrong; they were prophesying, saying that Baal gave them the messages that they were proclaiming, and they were deceiving my people.

Ezekiel 3:18When I say about some wicked people, ‘They will surely die because of their sins,’ if you do not warn them or tell them that they must turn from their wicked behavior if they want to ◄save their lives/remain alive►, those wicked people will die because of the sins that they have committed, but I will consider that you are responsible for their deaths [MTY].

1 Corinthians 4:2With respect to doing that, those who are given work are required {give others some work to do require them} to do that work faithfully.

2 Corinthians 5:20So, it is I and my companions who are Christ’s representatives in this world. When we tell people the message about Christ, it is God himself who is pleading with them by means of what we say. So, as true representatives of Christ, we plead with you: Believe God’s true message about Christ in order that you may be reconciled to {have a peaceful relationship with} him.

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 →

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