Proverbs 25:23
As surely as the north wind brings rain, 1 so a tongue that tells secrets will result in angry faces. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
In Context
22for you will shovel coals of fire on his head 1 and Yahweh will reward you. 1
24It is better to live on a corner of the roof 1 than in a house shared with a quarreling wife. 1
Cross References
Job 37:22Out of the north comes golden splendor— 1 over God is fearsome majesty. 1
Psalms 101:5I will destroy whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. 1 I will not tolerate anyone who has a proud demeanor and an arrogant attitude. 1
Romans 1:30slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventing ways of doing evil; they are 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 →