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Proverbs 25:23

Words and speechConflict and reconciliation

21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

22 For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.

24 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.

25 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.

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BSB
As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
KJV
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
WEB
The north wind produces rain; so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
ASV
The north wind bringeth forth rain: So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
DARBY
The north wind bringeth forth rain, and the angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
BLB
A north wind twists out rain, and a secret tongue [brings] faces of indignanation.
ÅB
Nordenvind føder regn, og en tunge som hvisker i lønndom, volder sure miner.
OTB
Som nordavinden bringer regn, slik bringer en listig tunge et sint ansikt.
B1930
Nordenvind føder regn, og en tunge som hvisker i lønndom, volder sure miner.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Proverbs 26:20

    Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:20

    For 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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  • Psalms 15:3

    who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,

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  • Romans 1:30

    slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.

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  • Job 37:22

    Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.

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  • Psalms 101:5

    Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

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