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Proverbs 13:17

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

KJV

Nuntius impii cadet in malum ; legatus autem fidelis, sanitas.

Vulgate

βασιλεὺς θρασὺς ἐμπεσεῖται εἰς κακά, ἄγγελος δὲ σοφὸς ῥύσεται αὐτόν.

LXX

A wicked messenger falleth into evil; But a faithful ambassador is health.

ASV

מַלְאָ֣ךְ רָ֭שָׁע יִפֹּ֣ל בְּ/רָ֑ע וְ/צִ֖יר אֱמוּנִ֣ים מַרְפֵּֽא

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵמֻ֥ן
'mn
noun · 5×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
מַלְאַ֣ךְ
ml'k
noun · 212×
מַרְפֵּֽא
mrp'
noun · 15×
צִ֖יר
tsyr
noun · 12×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 4:2 — Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
  • 1Cor 4:2 — Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.
  • 1Cor 4:17 — For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every chur
  • 1Tim 1:12 — And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
  • 2Cor 5:20 — Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
  • 2Cor 5:20 — Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
  • 2Tim 2:2 — And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
  • 2Tim 2:2 — And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.
  • Eph 6:20 — For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
  • Ezek 3:18 — When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity
  • Ezek 33:7 — So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me.
  • Prov 12:18 — There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
  • Prov 24:16 — For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.
  • Prov 25:13 — As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
  • Prov 25:13 — As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
  • Prov 26:6 — He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.