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

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:13 Lit day

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:13 Or “at a season”
  2. Proverbs 25:13 Or “life,” or “inner self”
  3. Proverbs 25:13 Or “returned”

One who sends a message by the hand of a fool
Chops off his own feet and drinks violence.

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

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