Bible Cross References
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
Proverbs 25:25
Finally hearing good news from a distant land is like a drink of cold water when you are dry and thirsty.
Proverbs 13:17
Unreliable messengers cause trouble, but those who can be trusted bring peace.
Proverbs 26:6
If you let a fool deliver a message, you might as well cut off your own feet; you are asking for trouble.
Philippians 2:25-30
25
I have thought it necessary to send to you our brother Epaphroditus, who has worked and fought by my side and who has served as your messenger in helping me.
26
He is anxious to see you all and is very upset because you had heard that he was sick.
27
Indeed he was sick and almost died. But God had pity on him, and not only on him but on me, too, and spared me an even greater sorrow.
28
I am all the more eager, then, to send him to you, so that you will be glad again when you see him, and my own sorrow will disappear.
29
Receive him, then, with joy, as a believer in the Lord. Show respect to all such people as he,
30
because he risked his life and nearly died for the sake of the work of Christ, in order to give me the help that you yourselves could not give.