Proverbs 25:23
A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue — indignant faces.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
In Context
22For coals thou art putting on his head, And Jehovah giveth recompense to thee.
24Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than [with] a woman of contentions, and a house of company.
Cross References
Job 37:22From the golden north it cometh, Beside God [is] fearful honour.
Psalms 101:5Whoso slandereth in secret his neighbour, Him I cut off, The high of eyes and proud of heart, him I endure not.
Romans 1:30evil-speakers, God-haters, insulting, proud, boasters, 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 →