Thematic Bible
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An unreliable messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
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that sends messengers by sea, who glide over the water's surface in boats made of papyrus. Go, you swift messengers, to a nation of tall, smooth-skinned people, to a people that are feared far and wide, to a nation strong and victorious, whose land rivers divide.
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Though his officials are in Zoan and his messengers arrive at Hanes,
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Look, ambassadors cry out in the streets; messengers sent to make peace weep bitterly.
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Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the chief adviser, "Speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Don't speak with us in the Judahite dialect in the hearing of the people who are on the wall."
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At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been ill and had recovered. Hezekiah welcomed them and showed them his storehouse with its silver, gold, spices, and high-quality olive oil, as well as his whole armory and everything in his treasuries. Hezekiah showed them everything in his palace and in his whole kingdom.
If he cannot succeed, he will send a representative while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace.
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Faith/faithfulness » The faithful
Love the Lord, all you faithful followers of his! The Lord protects those who have integrity, but he pays back in full the one who acts arrogantly.
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An unreliable messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
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A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished.
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Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him, for he refreshes the heart of his masters.
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I tell you the truth, if someone says to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.
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The one who goes about slandering others reveals secrets, but the one who is trustworthy conceals a matter.
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"The one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. If then you haven't been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will entrust you with the true riches? And if you haven't been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you your own?
Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness, so then, understand that those who believe are the sons of Abraham.
Faithfulness » Exhibited in » Conveying messages
An unreliable messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
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Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him, for he refreshes the heart of his masters.
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Health » What is health
An unreliable messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
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Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.
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Mischief » Who falls into mischief
An unreliable messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.
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Blessed is the one who is always cautious, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into evil.
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Although a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked will be brought down by calamity.
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You were complacent in your evil deeds; you thought, 'No one sees me.' Your self-professed wisdom and knowledge lead you astray, when you say, 'I am unique! No one can compare to me!' Disaster will overtake you; you will not know how to charm it away. Destruction will fall on you; you will not be able to appease it. Calamity will strike you suddenly, before you recognize it.
The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil -- it will come to him.
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The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.
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