KJV King James Version
The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
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Proverbs 25:23
The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
WEB World English Bible
The north wind brings forth rain: so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
ASV American Standard Version
The north wind bringeth forth rain: So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue—indignant faces.
Surrounding context — Proverbs 25
20 [As] he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, [and as] vinegar upon nitre, so [is] he that singeth songs to an heavy heart.
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.
23 The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
24 [It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
25 [As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news from a far country.
26 A righteous man falling down before the wicked [is as] a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.
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Job 37:22Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God [is] terrible majesty.Romans 1:30Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,Proverbs 26:20Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.Psalm 15:3[He that] backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and [that] I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest [there be] debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:Psalm 101:5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
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