Proverbs 25:23

The north wind produces rain: 2 so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face. 1

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The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

In Context

22for you will heap burning coals [of shame] on his head, + 25:22. (21-22) Quoted in Rom 12:20 2 and Adonai will reward you. 1

24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, 2 than to share a house with a contentious woman. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 101:5I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. 2 I won’t tolerate one who is haughty and conceited. 1

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 →

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