Proverbs 25:23
The north wind bringeth forth rain; So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
In Context
22For thou wilt heap coals of fire upon his head, And Jehovah 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 cometh golden splendor: God hath upon him terrible majesty.
Psalms 101:5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.
Romans 1:30backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors 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 →