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Proverbs 25:23
Proverbs 25:23 is verse 23 of Proverbs chapter 25, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
King James Version
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
World English Bible
The north wind produces rain; so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
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Proverbs 25:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible
21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
22 For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
23 As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
24 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
25 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Job 37:22Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.
Proverbs 26:20Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
Psalms 15:3who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,
Psalms 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
Romans 1:30slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.
2 Corinthians 12:20For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.