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 מלך melech, a king: but they are singular in this rendering; none of the other versions have it so. He that betrays the counsels of his government, or the interests of his country, will sooner or later fall into mischief; but he that faithfully and loyally fulfils his mission, shall produce honor and safety to the commonwealth.
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Proverbs 13:17
17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithfule ambassador is health.