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17 A wicked messenger falls into evil,
But (A)a faithful envoy brings healing.

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17 A wicked[a] messenger falls into trouble,
but a trustworthy envoy brings healing.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:17 Or an unreliable

13 Like the cold of snow in the [a]time of harvest
Is a (A)faithful envoy to those who send him,
For he refreshes the soul of his masters.

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  1. Proverbs 25:13 Lit day

13 To those who send him, a trustworthy messenger
    is like cooling snow on a warm day during harvest.
He refreshes his masters’ spirits.

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He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence
Who sends words by the hand of a fool.

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It is like cutting off your own feet or drinking violence[a]
when a person sends messages in the hand of a fool.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:6 Or poison