Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
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Bible References
Wicked
Proverbs 10:26
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
Proverbs 26:6
Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
Jeremiah 23:13
In the prophets of Samaria I saw an unsavory thing: they prophesied by Baal and led my people Israel astray.
Ezekiel 3:18
If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,'and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
Ezekiel 33:7
"So you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.
2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not, like so many, peddlers of God's word, but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God, in the sight of God we speak in Christ.
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Proverbs 25:13
Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a faithful messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.