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Proverbs 13:17

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A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.

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  1. Proverbs 13:15

    Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

  2. Proverbs 13:16

    Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

  3. Proverbs 13:18

    Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

  4. Proverbs 13:19

    The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.