Proverbs 25:23

American Standard Version (1901)

The north wind bringeth forth rain: So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 101:5 : 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.
  • Prov 26:20 : 20 For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
  • Rom 1:30 : 30 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
  • 2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I fear, lest by any means, when I come, I should find you not such as I would, and should myself be found of you such as ye would not; lest by any means [there should be] strife, jealousy, wraths, factions, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults;
  • Job 37:22 : 22 Out of the north cometh golden splendor: God hath upon him terrible majesty.
  • Ps 15:3 : 3 He that slandereth not with his tongue, Nor doeth evil to his friend, Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor;

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