Proverbs 13:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithfule ambassador is health. ”

• Proverbs 13:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  A wicked messenger falleth (h) into mischief: but a faithful ambassador [is] health. (h) Brings many inconveniences both to himself and to others.

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• Proverbs 13:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proverbs 13. This chapter has little that is fresh and no new groups of proverbs. We have a well-known reference to the weariness of waiting for a hope that comes not ( Proverbs 13:12 and Proverb...

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• Proverbs 13:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  mischief. Hebrew. ra'a'. Same word as "evil" in Proverbs 13:19 . App-44. health . healing. Compare Proverbs 12:18 .

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• Proverbs 13:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. A wicked messenger - The Septuagint: basileuv yrasuev, a bold king; instead of מלאך malach, a messenger, they had read...

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• Proverbs 13:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. A wicked messenger falleth into mischief. A messenger who does not execute his 'embassy' 'faithfully,' "falleth...

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• Proverbs 13:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM).

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• Proverbs 13:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Falleth into mischief. — And brings those also who sent him into trouble; but “a faithful messenger is health” both to himself and his employers.

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• Proverbs 13:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 14 PRIDE AND HUMILITY "A wise son heareth his father's instruction, but a scorner heareth not rebuke."- Proverbs 13:1 “Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth correction, but h...

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• Proverbs 13:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 13:2 . Compare this with Proverbs 12:14 . As the words of a good man benefit himself as well as others, so the evil deeds of transgressors react upon themselves. Verse Proverbs 13:...

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• Proverbs 13:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. Good understanding g...

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• Proverbs 13:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  A wicked messenger falleth into mischief ,.... That does not do his errand right, nor deliver his message faithfully; such an one falls from the degree of honour in which he was into disgrace; he lo...

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• Proverbs 13:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador [is] health. Ver. 17. A wicked messenger falleth into mischief. ] Incurs the displeasure and just revenge of them that sent him,...

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• Proverbs 13:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  A wicked messenger Who is unfaithful in the execution of the business committed to his charge; falleth into mischief Shall not escape punishment from God, or from them who sent him; but a faithf...

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• Proverbs 13:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.       Here we have, 1. The ill consequences of betraying a trust. A wicked messenger, who, being sent...

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• Proverbs 13:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  A wicked messenger, who is unfaithful in the execution of that which is committed to his charge, as appears by the opposite clause, falleth into mischief; shall not escape punishment from God, or...

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• Proverbs 13:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Those Who Want Their Hopes And Desires Fulfilled Must Respond God's Wisdom And Understanding, Heeding Those Who Teach Them, And It Will Be To Them A Tree Of Life And Sweetness To Their Inner Being (...

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• Proverbs 13:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 13:17 A SOCIAL LINK I. An important link in human society—a messenger . This link may or may not be important in himself . He may belong to the highest or to the l...

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• Proverbs 13:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 13:1 . A wise son heareth his father's instruction. This maxim is in substance often repeated, it being of the last importance to hear the wisdom of a father proceeding from so much love,...

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• Proverbs 13:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

  A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. Ministers are ambassadors I. Justify the comparison of the Ambassador and the minister of the gospel. Observe--...

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• Proverbs 13:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Verse 13:1-15:19 Second section in this collection. Proverbs 13:1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction. The Authorized Version introduces the verb from the second m...

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• Proverbs 13:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 17. A wicked messenger falleth into mischief, causing his errand to fail; but a faithful ambassador is health, like healing medicine to a smarting wound or like a tonic to the weary person, hi...

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• Proverbs 13:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 4:2 ; 1 Timothy 1:12 ; 2 Corinthians 2:17 ; 2 Corinthians 5:20 ; 2 Timothy 2:2 ; Ezekiel 3:18 ; Ezekiel 33:7 ; Ezekiel 33:8 ; Jeremiah 23:13-16 ; Jeremiah 23:28 ; Proverbs 10...

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• Proverbs 13:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  A messenger — Who is unfaithful in the execution of that which is committed to his charge. Is health — Procures benefit, as to his master, so to himself.

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