Proverbs 25:13 Cross References - LEB

¹³ Like the cold of snow on a day* of harvest is a faithful messenger to those who send him, and the soul* of his master is refreshed.*

¹⁷ A messenger of wickedness will fall into trouble, but an envoy of the faithful brings healing.

²⁵ Like cold water* upon a weary soul,* so too is good news from a distant place.

⁶ Like cutting off feet or drinking violence, so is he who sends messages in the hand of a fool.

²⁵ But I considered it* necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, but your messenger and servant of my need, ²⁶ because he was longing for all of you and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick. ²⁷ For indeed he was sick, coming near to death, but God had mercy on him and not on him only, but also on me, so that I would not have grief upon grief. ²⁸ Therefore I am sending him with special urgency, in order that when* you see him again you may rejoice, and I may be less anxious. ²⁹ Therefore welcome him in the Lord with all joy, and consider such people highly honored, ³⁰ because on account of the work of Christ he came near to the point of death, risking his life in order that _⌊he might make up for your inability to serve me_⌋*.