Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
General references
Bible References
Wicked
Proverbs 10:26
As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those that send him.
Proverbs 26:6
He that gives responsibility to one who is not able to carry it out is like him that sends a message by the hand of a fool, and he shall drink the damage.
Jeremiah 23:13
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal and caused my people Israel to err.
Ezekiel 3:18
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die and thou dost not give him warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, that he might live, the same wicked man shall die for his iniquity; but his blood I will require at thine hand.
Ezekiel 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.
2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not as many, false merchandisers of the word of God, but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
General references
Proverbs 25:13
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those that send him, for he refreshes the soul of his master.