Proverbs 25:23
The north wind produces rain; so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
World English Bible British
In The King James Version
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
In Context
22for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a contentious woman.
Cross References
Job 37:22Out of the north comes golden splendour. With God is awesome majesty.
Psalms 101:5I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbour. I won’t tolerate one who is arrogant and conceited.
Romans 1:30backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, arrogant, 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 →