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
Like vinegar to the teeth, and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
Proverbs 26:6
He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet and drinks down damage.
Jeremiah 23:13
And I have seen frivolity in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal and caused My people Israel to go astray.
Ezekiel 3:18
When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you do not give him warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked one shall die in his iniquity; but I will require his blood at your hand.
Ezekiel 33:7
And you, son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore you shall hear the Word from My mouth, and warn them from Me.
2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not as many, hawking the Word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, we speak in Christ in the sight of God.
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Proverbs 25:13
Like cold snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to his senders; for he makes return to his master's soul.