Proverbs 25:23 · KJV
“The north wind driveth away rain: so {doth} an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. {driveth...: or, bringeth forth rain: so doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance}”
— Proverbs 25:23
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
{It is} better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
Proverbs 25 — Context
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
22For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
23The north wind driveth away rain: so {doth} an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. {driveth...: or, bringeth forth rain: so doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance}
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.
Cross References
Proverbs 26:20
Where no wood is, {there} the fire goeth out: so where {there is} no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. {Where no...: Heb. Without wood} {talebearer: or, whisperer} {ceaseth: Heb. is silent}
Romans 1:30
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
2 Corinthians 12:20
For 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:
Psalms 15:3
{He that} backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. {taketh...: or, receiveth, or, endureth}
Job 37:22
Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God {is} terrible majesty. {Fair...: Heb. Gold}
Psalms 101:5
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.