Proverbs 25:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.”
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“As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The north wind bringeth forth rain; So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue--indignant faces.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 25:23 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 37:9The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.
- Job 37:22Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.
- 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.
- Proverbs 26:20Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
- 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.
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