Proverbs 13:17

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Proverbs 13:17


← Proverbs 13:16 Proverbs 13:17 (KJV) Proverbs 13:18 →
Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

A wickedH7563 messengerH4397 fallethH5307 into mischiefH7451: but a faithfulH529 ambassadorH6735 is healthH4832.


Original Hebrew

מַלְאָךְ רָשָׁע יִפֹּל בְּרָע וְצִיר אֱמוּנִים מַרְפֵּא׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
מַלְאָ֣ךְ
mal.'Akh H4397 HNcmsa a messenger
רָ֭שָׁע
Ra.sho' H7563 HAamsa wicked
יִפֹּ֣ל
yi.Pol H5307 HVqi3ms he falls
בְּ/רָ֑ע
be./Ra' H7451 HR/Aamsa in/ trouble
וְ/צִ֖יר
ve./Tzir H6735 HC/Ncmsc and/ an envoy of
אֱמוּנִ֣ים
'e.mu.Nim H529 HNcmpa faithfulness(es)
מַרְפֵּֽא
mar.Pe' H4832 HNcmsa (is) healing
Strong's References
  • H529 — אֵמוּן (ʼêmûwn, ay-moon'): from אָמַן (ʼâman) H539; established, i.e. (figuratively) trusty; also (abstractly) trustworthiness; faith(-ful), truth.
  • H4397 — מֲלְאָךְ (mălʼâk, mal-awk'): from an unused root meaning to despatch as a deputy; a messenger; specifically, of God, i.e. an angel (also a prophet, priest or teacher); ambassador, angel, king, messenger.
  • H4832 — מַרְפֵּא (marpêʼ, mar-pay'): from רָפָא (râphâʼ) H7495; properly, curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity; (in-)cure(-able), healing(-lth), remedy, sound, wholesome, yielding.
  • H5307 — נָפַל (nâphal, naw-fal'): a primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative); be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for פָּלַל (pâlal) H6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be ([idiom] hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, [idiom] surely, throw down.
  • H6735 — צִיר (tsîyr, tseer): from צוּר (tsûwr) H6696; a hinge (as pressed in turning); also a throe (as a phys. or mental pressure); also a herald or erranddoer (as constrained by the principal); ambassador, hinge, messenger, pain, pang, sorrow. Compare צִיר (tsîyr) H6736.
  • H7451 — רַע (raʻ, rah): from רָעַע (râʻaʻ) H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
  • H7563 — רָשָׁע (râshâʻ, raw-shaw'): from רָשַׁע (râshaʻ) H7561; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
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