Proverbs 25:23

Coverdale Bible (1535)

The north wynde dryueth awaye the rayne, euen so doth an earnest sober countenauce a backbyters tonge.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 101:5 : 5 Who so preuely slaundreth his neghboure, him wil I destroye: Who so hath a proude loke & an hye stomacke, I maye not awaye with him.
  • Prov 26:20 : 20 Where no wodd is, there the fyre goeth out: and where the bacbyter is taken awaye, there the strife ceaseth.
  • Rom 1:30 : 30 backbyters, despysers of God, doers of wronge, proude, boosters, bryngers vp of euell thinges, disobedient to their Elders,
  • 2 Cor 12:20 : 20 For I feare, lest whan I come, I shal not fynde you soch as I wolde: and lest ye shal fynde me soch as ye wolde not: lest there be amonge you, debates, envyenges, wrathes, stryuynges, bacbytinges, whysperinges, swellinges, vproures:
  • Job 37:22 : 22 Golde is brought out of the north, but the prayse and honoure off Gods feare commeth fro God himself.
  • Ps 15:3 : 3 He yt vseth no disceat in his tonge: he that doth no euell to his neghboure, & slaundreth not his neghbours.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    24It is better to syt in a corner vnder the rofe, then wt a braulynge woman in a wyde house.

  • Prov 25:22
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    22for so shalt thou heape coales offyre vpo his heade, and the LORDE shal rewarde the.

  • Ps 15:3
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    3He yt vseth no disceat in his tonge: he that doth no euell to his neghboure, & slaundreth not his neghbours.

  • Prov 25:14-15
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    14Who so maketh greate boastes & geueth nothinge, is like cloudes & wynde without rayne.

    15With pacience maye a prynce be pacified, & wt a soft tonge maye rigorousnes be broke.

  • Prov 16:27-28
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    27An vngodly personne stereth vp euell, and in his lippes he is as an whote burnynge fyre.

    28A frowarde body causeth strife, and he yt is a blabbe of his tonge, maketh deuysion amonge prynces.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31The mouth of the iust wilbe talkynge of wysdome, but the tonge of the frowarde shal perish.

  • Prov 27:15-16
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    15A brawlynge woman and the rofe of the house droppynge in a raynie daye, maye well be compared together.

    16He that refrayneth her, refrayneth the wynde, and holdeth oyle fast in his hode.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23Who so kepeth his mouth and his tonge, the same kepeth his soule from troubles.

  • Prov 26:27-28
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    27Who so dyggeth vp a pytt, shal fal therin: and he yt weltreth a stone, shal stomble vpon it hymselfe.

    28A dyssemblynge tonge hateth one that rebuketh him, and a flaterige mouth worketh myschefe.

  • Prov 15:1-2
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    1A softe aswere putteth downe displeasure, but frowarde wordes prouoke vnto anger.

    2A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege, a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but foolishnesse.

  • Prov 29:22
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    22An angrie man stereth vp strife, and he that beareth euell wyll in his mynde, doth moch euell.

  • Prov 28:23
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    23He that rebuketh a man, shall fynde more fauoure at ye last, the he that flatreth him.

  • Prov 15:4
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    4A wholsome tonge is a tre of life, but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mynde.

  • Prov 26:22-23
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    22A slaunderers wordes are like flatery, but they pearse ye inwarde partes of ye body.

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  • Prov 17:20
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    20Who so hath a frowarde herte, opteyneth no good: and he yt hath an ouerthwarte tonge, shal fall into myschefe.

  • Prov 21:14
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    14A preuy rewarde pacifieth displeasure, and a gifte in the bosome stilleth furiousnesse.

  • Prov 24:18
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    18Lest ye LORDE (when he seyth it) be angrie, & turne his wrath from him vnto the.

  • Job 37:9
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    9Out of the south commeth the tempest, and colde out of the north.

  • Prov 16:15
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    15The cherefull countenauce of ye kynge is life, and his louynge fauor is as the euenynge dewe.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4A wicked body holdeth moch of false lippes, & a dyssemblynge persone geueth eare to a disceatfull toge.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Put awaye from the a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from the.

  • Prov 10:18-19
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    18Dissemblynge lippes kepe hatred secretly, and he that speaketh eny slaunder, is a foole.

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    19Thou lettest yi mouth speake wickednesse, & thy tonge paynteth disceate.

  • Prov 14:17
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  • Prov 30:33
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    11The mouth of a rightuous man is a well of life, but ye mouth of the vngodly is past shame, & presumptuous.

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    23O how ioyfull a thinge is it, a man to geue a conuenient answere? O how pleasaunt is a worde spoken in due season?

  • Prov 25:17
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    17Withdrawe yi foote fro thy neghbours house, lest he be weery of the, and so abhorre the.

  • Job 37:22
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    22Golde is brought out of the north, but the prayse and honoure off Gods feare commeth fro God himself.

  • Job 15:13
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    13yt thy mynde is so puft vp agaynst God & lettest soch wordes go out of thy mouth?

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    18Shewe thy seruaunt the light of thy countenaunce, helpe me for thy mercies sake.

  • Prov 20:19
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    18An angrie man stereth vp strife, but he yt is pacient stilleth discorde.

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    24Make no fredshipe with an angrie wylfull man, and kepe no company wt ye furious:

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