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A wicked messenger falls into trouble: but a faithful ambassador is health.
That sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth of skin, to a people feared from their beginning until now; a nation powerful and treading down, whose land the rivers divide!
Behold, their valiant ones shall cry outside: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray you, unto your servants in the Aramiac language; for we understand it; and speak not to us in the Jews' 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 a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered. And Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them the house of his treasures, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armory, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not.
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation, and desires conditions of peace.
Faith/faithfulness » The faithful
O love the LORD, all you his saints: for the LORD preserves the faithful, and plentifully repays the proud doer.
A wicked messenger falls into trouble: but a faithful ambassador is health.
A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that makes haste to be rich shall not go unpunished.
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refreshes the soul of his masters.
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be removed, and be cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he said shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he said.
A talebearer reveals secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter.
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? And if you 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 you therefore that they who are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
Faithfulness » Exhibited in » Conveying messages
A wicked messenger falls into trouble: but a faithful ambassador is health.
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refreshes the soul of his masters.
Health » What is health
A wicked messenger falls into trouble: but a faithful ambassador is health.
There is one that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise brings health.
Mischief » Who falls into mischief
A wicked messenger falls into trouble: but a faithful ambassador is health.
Happy is the man that is reverent always: but he that hardens his heart shall fall into calamity.
For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall by calamity.
For you have trusted in your wickedness: you have said, None sees me. Your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you; and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is none else besides me. Therefore shall evil come upon you; you shall not know from where it rises: and mischief shall fall upon you; you shall not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon you suddenly, which you shall not know.
He that diligently seeks good procures favor: but he that seeks evil, it shall come unto him.
He that has a crooked heart finds no good: and he that has a perverse tongue falls into calamity.