Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Proverbs 25:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13As 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.
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Quick Meaning
This verse opens with “As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a...” and develops the line through “for he refresheth the soul of his masters”.
Read It With
- Proverbs 25:11–14
Follow Proverbs 25:11–14, not verse 25:13 alone. This line opens with “As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a...” and develops the line through “for he refresheth the soul of his masters”, while the complete unit distinguishes a normal moral direction from a guaranteed outcome.
Why This Verse Appears Here
At verse 25:13, Proverbs opens with “As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a...” and develops the line through “for he refresheth the soul of his masters”. The line belongs to “Fitting speech, faithful messengers, and empty boasting” and remains governed by the unit's source limits and misuse boundaries.
Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation
“As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful...”
In plain language: work, diligence, provision, and creaturely limits
This verse opens with “As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a...” and develops the line through “for he refresheth the soul of his masters”.
Why it matters: This wording gives the verse its distinct role inside the cluster.
How certain? strongWhat Remains True
Diligent, skillful work is normally fruitful, yet outcomes also depend on health, opportunity, justice, weather, and other conditions beyond one worker's control. In Proverbs 25:13, that bounded truth is expressed through “As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful...,” not through a promise detached from its literary form.
How It Can Shape Life
- Plan sustainable effort, practice the relevant skill, share burdens fairly, and address structural obstacles rather than judging only the outcome. For Proverbs 25:13, preserve the sequence: verse role (opens with “As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a...” and develops the line through “for he refresheth the soul of his masters”) -> contextual meaning in Proverbs 25:11–14 -> proportionate truth -> this accountable response.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Proverbs 25:11–14 — Fitting speech, faithful messengers, and empty boastingSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
Where care is needed
This sentence saying states a context-shaped moral pattern. Its small-cluster boundary and degree of generality remain reviewable; exceptional outcomes do not make the observation meaningless or turn it into a guarantee.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV words, canonical order, paragraph flags, supplied-word markup, and complete unit coverage.
Exact location: Proverbs 25:11–14, repository-pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Proverbs
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology used only for the exact unit's lexical, grammatical, parallel, superscription, number-saying, and acrostic questions.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Prov.xml, OSIS 25:11-25:14
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Proverbs with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-attached textual, lexical, grammatical, syntactic, parallelism, and older-English controls for the exact range.
Exact location: NET Bible Proverbs PDF, printed pp. 1161-1164, exact tc/tn/sn entries attached to 25:11–14
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