Proverbs 25:23
As the Northwinde driueth away the raine, so doeth an angry countenance the slandering tongue.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
In Context
22For thou shalt lay coles vpon his head, and the Lord shall recompense thee.
24It is better to dwell in a corner of the house top, then with a contentious woman in a wide house.
Cross References
Job 37:22The brightnesse commeth out of the North: the praise thereof is to God, which is terrible.
Psalms 101:5Him that priuily slandereth his neighbour, wil I destroy: him that hath a proude looke and hie heart, I cannot suffer.
Romans 1:30Backbiters, haters of God, doers of wrong, proude, boasters, inuenters of euil things, disobedient to parents, without vnderstanding, couenant breakers, without naturall affection, such as can neuer be appeased, mercilesse.
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 →