Proverbs 25:23
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The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
In other translations
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- Proverbs 26:20Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
- Romans 1:30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.
- Job 37:22Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.
- Psalm 15:3He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
- 2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
- Psalm 101:5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
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