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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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                        LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 13
V1 A wise son obeys his father’s instructions.
Someone who insults other people will not listen to words of
correction.... 
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                        If we are Christians, then we carry a message from God to the people
in the world. This message is very important. We must always tell the
truth. We must not keep God’s message as a secret.
 Our messa... 
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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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                        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....