Proverbs 13:17
“A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
A wicked messenger falleth into mischief,.... That does not do his errand right, nor deliver his message faithfully;…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Here we have, 1. The ill consequences of betraying a trust. A wicked messenger, who, being sent to negotiate any…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
falleth Hitzig and others, by a slight change of vowels, read bringeth, sc. those who sent him, which contrasts better…
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