Proverbs 25:23
When wind blows from the right direction, it will rain; similarly [SIM], if we gossip about others, that causes them to look at us very angrily.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
In Context
22doing that will cause them to feel ashamed [IDM], and Yahweh will reward you for doing that.
Cross References
Job 37:22God comes out of the north with a light that shines like gold; his glory causes us to be afraid.
Psalms 101:5I will get rid of anyone who secretly slanders someone else, and I will not ◄tolerate/allow to be near me► anyone who is proud and arrogant [DOU].
Romans 1:30Many slander others. Many act especially hatefully toward God. Many speak or act in an insulting way toward others. Many treat others contemptuously. Many boast about themselves to others. Many invent new ways to do evil things. Many non-Jewish children 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 →