Proverbs 25:13
As the colde of the snowe in the time of haruest, so is a faithfull messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soule of his masters.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
14A man that boasteth of false liberalitie, is like cloudes and winde without raine.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:17A wicked messenger falleth into euill: but a faithfull ambassadour is preseruation.
Proverbs 26:6He that sendeth a message by the hand of a foole, is as he that cutteth off the feete, and drinketh iniquitie.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:12-13
Instructive Similes. 11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. 12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. Solomon here shows how much it becomes a man, 1. To speak pertinently: A word upon the wheels, that runs well, is well-circumstanced, in proper time and place—instruction, advice, or comfort, given seasonably, and in apt expressions, adapted to the case of the person spoken to and agreeing with the character of the person… Read the whole commentary →