Proverbs 13:17 Cross References - JPS_ASV_Byz

¹⁷ A wicked messenger falleth into evil; but a faithful ambassador is health.

²⁶ As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.

¹³ As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to him that sendeth him; for he refresheth the soul of his master.

²³ The north wind bringeth forth rain, and a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

⁶ He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh damage.

¹³ And I have seen unseemliness in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal, and caused My people Israel to err. ¹⁴ But in the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies, and they strengthen the hands of evil-doers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all of them become unto Me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. ¹⁵ Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land. ¹⁶ Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you, they lead you unto vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.

²⁸ The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath My word; let him speak My word faithfully. What hath the straw to do with the wheat? saith the LORD.

¹⁸ When I say unto the wicked: Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thy hand.

⁷ So thou, son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore, when thou shalt hear the word at My mouth, warn them from Me. ⁸ When I say unto the wicked: O wicked man, thou shalt surely die, and thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way; that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thy hand.

² Here, moreover, it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful.

¹⁷ For we are not as the rest, corrupting the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.

²⁰ We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us; we beseech you on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.

¹² I thank him that enabled me, even Christ Jesus our Lord, for that he counted me faithful, appointing me to his service,

² And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.