Proverbs 25:23
As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
In Context
22For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
24Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
Cross References
Job 37:22Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.
Psalms 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
Romans 1:30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their 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 →