Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 13:17
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
MISCHIEF. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ Same word as "evil" in Proverbs 13:19. App-44. HEALTH. healing. Compare Proverbs 12:18....
_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...
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...
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...
2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM)....
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....
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...
FALLETH INTO MISCHIEF. — And brings those also who sent him into trouble; but “a faithful messenger is health” both to himself and his employers....
מַלְאָ֣ךְ רָ֭שָׁע יִפֹּ֣ל בְּ רָ֑ע וְ צִ֖יר
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...
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...
A wicked messenger falleth (h) into mischief: but a faithful ambassador [is] health. (h) Brings many inconveniences both to himself and to others....
_Of the. Hebrew, "a wicked ambassador." A king generally chooses people like himself. (Menochius) --- Septuagint have read melec. "A rash king shall," &c._...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
Proverbs 13:17 wicked H7563 messenger H4397 falls H5307 (H8799) trouble H7451 faithful H529 ambassador H6735 health...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 4:2; 1 Timothy 1:12; 2 Corinthians 2:17; 2 Corinthians 5:20;...