Proverbs 13:17
A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy gains healing.
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- Proverbs 25:13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the soul of his masters.
- Ezekiel 33:7–8 “So you, son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel. Therefore hear the word from my mouth, and give them warnings from me. When I tell the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ and you don’t speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, but I will require his blood at your hand.
- 1 Corinthians 4:2 Here, moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.