Proverbs 25:23
The north wind brings forth rain. So does a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
In Context
22For thou will heap coals of fire upon his head, and LORD will reward thee.
24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Cross References
Job 37:22Out of the north comes golden splendor. God has upon him awesome majesty.
Psalms 101:5He who slanders his neighbor secretly, him I will destroy. He who has a high look and a proud heart I will not endure.
Romans 1:30being gossips, slanderous, God-hating, aggressors, arrogant boasters, contrivers of evil things, disobedient to parents;
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 25:22-23
Forgiveness of Enemies. 21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: 22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee. By this it appears that, however the scribes and Pharisees had corrupted the law, not only the commandment of loving our brethren, but even that of loving our enemies, was not only a new, but also an old commandment, an Old-Testament commandment, though our Saviour has given it to us with the new enforcement of… Read the whole commentary →