Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
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A bad messenger shall fall into evil: but a faithful ambassador is medicine.
He who sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to the people scattered and peeled, to the people full of fears from their beginning, and until now, a people tired of waiting and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!
Behold, their ambassadors shall cry without: the messengers of peace shall weep bitterly.
Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy slaves in the Syrian language, for we understand it, and do not speak to us in the Jewish language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and presents to Hezekiah, for he had heard that he had been sick and was recovered. And Hezekiah rejoiced with them and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver and the gold and the spices and the precious ointments and all the house of his weapons and all that was found in his treasures; there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an embassy and desires conditions of peace.
Faith/faithfulness » The faithful
O love the LORD, all ye his merciful ones, for the LORD preserves the faithful and plentifully rewards the proud doer.
A bad messenger shall fall into evil: but a faithful ambassador is medicine.
The man of truth shall abound with blessings, but he that makes haste to be rich shall not be absolved.
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.
For verily I say unto you that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Remove thyself and cast thyself into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart but shall believe that what he says shall be done whatsoever he says shall be done unto him.
A talebearer reveals secrets, but he that is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.
He that is faithful with little is faithful also with much, and he that is unjust with little is unjust also with much. If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true? And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
Even as Abraham believed God and it was accounted to him for righteousness. Know ye therefore that those who are of faith, the same are the sons of Abraham.
Faithfulness » Exhibited in » Conveying messages
A bad messenger shall fall into evil: but a faithful ambassador is medicine.
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.
Health » What is health
A bad messenger shall fall into evil: but a faithful ambassador is medicine.
There are those that speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is medicine.
Mischief » Who falls into mischief
A bad messenger shall fall into evil: but a faithful ambassador is medicine.
Blessed is the man that fears God always, but he that hardens his heart shall fall into evil.
For a just man falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked shall fall into evil.
For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, No one sees me. Thy wisdom and thine own knowledge; it has deceived thee; for thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and no one else beside me. Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from where it rises; and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and destruction shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.
He that seeks good early shall find favour, but unto him that seeks evil, it shall come upon him.
He that has a perverse heart shall never find good, and he that stirs up trouble with his tongue shall fall into evil.