Proverbs 13:17
King James Version (KJV)
A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
American Standard Version (ASV)
A wicked messenger falleth into evil; But a faithful ambassador is health.
World English Bible (WEB)
A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.
Proverbs 13:17 Cross References
As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
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; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
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.
For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
