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

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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”

16 Have you found honey?
Eat only as much as you need,
Lest you be filled with it and vomit.

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16 If you find honey, eat what is sufficient for you,
    lest you have your fill of it and vomit it out.

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19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble
Is like a bad tooth and a foot out of joint.

20 Like one who takes away a garment in cold weather,
And like vinegar on soda,
Is one who (A)sings songs to a heavy heart.

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19 A bad tooth and a lame foot
    is the trust of a faithless person in a time[a] of trouble.
20 Like one who removes a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar on natron,[b]
    is he who sings songs to a heavy heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:19 Literally “on a day”
  2. Proverbs 25:20 A mineral salt found on dry lake beds often used as a preservative.