Proverbs 25:23
רוּחַ צָפוֹן תְּחוֹלֵֽל גָּשֶׁם וּפָנִים נִזְעָמִים לְשׁוֹן סָֽתֶר ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
In Context
22כִּי גֶֽחָלִים אַתָּה חֹתֶה עַל ־ רֹאשׁוֹ וַֽיהוָה יְשַׁלֶּם ־ לָֽךְ ׃
24טוֹב שֶׁבֶת עַל ־ פִּנַּת ־ גָּג מֵאֵשֶׁת מדונים וּבֵית חָֽבֶר ׃
Cross References
Job 37:22מִצָּפוֹן זָהָב יֶֽאֱתֶה עַל ־ אֱלוֹהַּ נוֹרָא הֽוֹד ׃
Psalms 101:5מלושני בַסֵּתֶר ׀ רֵעֵהוּ אוֹתוֹ אַצְמִית גְּֽבַהּ ־ עֵינַיִם וּרְחַב לֵבָב אֹתוֹ לֹא אוּכָֽל ׃
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 →