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Verse Proverbs 13:17. _A WICKED MESSENGER_] The _Septuagint_:
βασιλευς θρασυες, _a bold king_; instead of מלאך
_malach_, a _messenger_, they had read מלך _melech_, a _king_: but
they are singular in...
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CHAPTER 13 THE CONTRAST: ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE
The contrast in Proverbs concerning the righteous and the wicked is
continued in this chapter, showing mostly the advantage of the
righteous, illust...
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PROVERBS 13. This chapter has little that is fresh and no new groups
of proverbs. We have a well-known reference to the weariness of
waiting for a hope that comes not (Proverbs 13:12 and Proverbs 13:1...
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MISCHIEF. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ Same word as "evil" in Proverbs 13:19.
App-44.
HEALTH. healing. Compare Proverbs 12:18....
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_falleth_ Hitzig and others, by a slight change of vowels, read
_bringeth_, sc. those who sent him, which contrasts better with the
bringing of _health_, or _well-being_by the faithful messenger. Comp...
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TEXT Proverbs 13:10-17
10.
By pride cometh only contention;
But with the well-advised is wisdom.
11.
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished;
But he that gathereth by labor shall have increa...
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A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador
is health.
A WICKED MESSENGER FALLETH INTO MISCHIEF. A messenger who does not
execute his 'embassy' 'faithfully,' "falleth into...
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2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM)....
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FALLETH INTO MISCHIEF. — And brings those also who sent him into
trouble; but “a faithful messenger is health” both to himself and
his employers....
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מַלְאָ֣ךְ רָ֭שָׁע יִפֹּ֣ל בְּ רָ֑ע וְ
צִ֖יר
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CHAPTER 14
PRIDE AND HUMILITY
"A wise son heareth his father's instruction, but a scorner heareth
not rebuke."- Proverbs 13:1
“Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth correction, but he
tha...
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Verse Proverbs 13:2. Compare this with Proverbs 12:14. As the words of
a good man benefit himself as well as others, so the evil deeds of
transgressors react upon themselves.
Verse Proverbs 13:5. The...
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A wicked messenger falleth (h) into mischief: but a faithful
ambassador [is] health.
(h) Brings many inconveniences both to himself and to others....
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_Of the. Hebrew, "a wicked ambassador." A king generally chooses
people like himself. (Menochius) --- Septuagint have read melec. "A
rash king shall," &c._...
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Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the
commandment shall be rewarded. The law of the wise is a fountain of
life, to depart from the snares of death. Good understanding gi...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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A WICKED MESSENGER FALLETH INTO MISCHIEF,.... That does not do his
errand right, nor deliver his message faithfully; such an one falls
from the degree of honour in which he was into disgrace; he loses...
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A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador
[is] health.
Ver. 17. _A wicked messenger falleth into mischief._] Incurs the
displeasure and just revenge of them that sent him, o...
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_A wicked messenger_ Who is unfaithful in the execution of the
business committed to his charge; _falleth into mischief_ Shall not
escape punishment from God, or from them who sent him; _but a faithfu...
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V. 17. A WICKED MESSENGER FALLETH INTO MISCHIEF, causing his errand to
fail; BUT A FAITHFUL AMBASSADOR IS HEALTH, like healing medicine to a
smarting wound or like a tonic to the weary person, his fai...
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A WICKED MESSENGER, who is unfaithful in the execution of that which
is committed to his charge, as appears by the opposite clause, FALLETH
INTO MISCHIEF; shall not escape punishment from God, or from...
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Proverbs 13:17 wicked H7563 messenger H4397 falls H5307 (H8799)
trouble H7451 faithful H529 ambassador H6735 health...
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THOSE WHO WANT THEIR HOPES AND DESIRES FULFILLED MUST RESPOND GOD'S
WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING, HEEDING THOSE WHO TEACH THEM, AND IT WILL BE
TO THEM A TREE OF LIFE AND SWEETNESS TO THEIR INNER BEING (PR...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The destruction of sinners is unavoidable, for God's wrath
pursues them, and whom God pursues is sure to be overtaken. The...
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Proverbs 13:1. A _wise son heareth his father's instruction._ This
maxim is in substance often repeated, it being of the last importance
to hear the wisdom of a father proceeding from so much love, an...
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_A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador
is health._
MINISTERS ARE AMBASSADORS
I. Justify the comparison of the Ambassador and the minister of the
gospel. Observe--
1. Th...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 13:17_
A SOCIAL LINK
I. AN IMPORTANT LINK IN HUMAN SOCIETY—A MESSENGER. This link may or
may not be important _in himself_. He may belong to the highest or to
the lowest...
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EXPOSITION
VERSE 13:1-15:19
Second section in this collection.
PROVERBS 13:1
A WISE SON HEARETH HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION. The Authorized Version
introduces the verb from the second member. The Hebr...
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In the thirteenth chapter of Proverbs, there is a continuation of the
contrasting of the righteous with the wicked, the wise and the
scorner, the transgressor and the good man.
A wise son hears his fa...
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1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Timothy 1:12; 2 Corinthians 2:17; 2 Corinthians
5:20;...
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A messenger — Who is unfaithful in the execution of that which is
committed to his charge. Is health — Procures benefit, as to his
master, so to himself....