Proverbs 13:17

A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing.

BSB · Berean Standard Bible

A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

Note a faithful…: Heb. an ambassador of faithfulness

KJV · King James Version

A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.

WEB · World English Bible

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

ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

wicked: Proverbs 10:26; Proverbs 26:6; Jeremiah 23:13–16, 28; Ezekiel 3:18; Ezekiel 33:7, 8; 2 Corinthians 2:17
but: Proverbs 25:13, 23; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 2 Corinthians 5:20; 1 Timothy 1:12; 2 Timothy 2:2