King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 13:17
“A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador [is] health.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 13
15
Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors [is] hard.
16
Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.
17
A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador [is] health.
18
Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.
19
The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but [it is] abomination to fools to depart from evil.