Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Ambassadors » Other references to
A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.
that sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus on the waters, saying, "Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people awesome from their beginning onward, a nation that measures out and treads down, whose land the rivers divide!"
Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh, "Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and don't speak to us in the Jews' language in the hearing of the people who are on the wall."
At that time, Merodach Baladan the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah; for he heard that he had been sick, and had recovered. Hezekiah was pleased with them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah didn't show them.
Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an envoy, and asks for conditions of peace.
Faith/faithfulness » The faithful
Oh love Yahweh, all you his saints! Yahweh preserves the faithful, and fully recompenses him who behaves arrogantly.
A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.
A faithful man is rich with blessings; but one who is eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the soul of his masters.
For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and doesn't doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says.
One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.
He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? If you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own?
Even as Abraham "believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness." Know therefore that those who are of faith, the same are children of Abraham.
Faithfulness » Exhibited in » Conveying messages
A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the soul of his masters.
Health » What is health
A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
Mischief » Who falls into mischief
A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.
Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
for a righteous man falls seven times, and rises up again; but the wicked are overthrown by calamity.
For you have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, No one 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 evil will come on you; you won't know when it dawns: and mischief will fall on you; you will not be able to put it away: and desolation shall come on you suddenly, which you don't know.
He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.
One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.