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Proverbs 25:23 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 25 · verse 23
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.Proverbs 25:23 · King James Version
Proverbs 25:23 in context
21If 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.
24It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.
25As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- countenancepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- backbitingçêthera coverH5643 →
- northtsâphôwnproperly, hiddenH6828 →
- angryzâʻamproperly, to foam at the mouthH2194 →
- windrûwachwindH7307 →
- awaychûwlproperly, to twist or whirlH2342 →
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Here see, 1. How we must discourage sin and witness against it, and particularly the sin of slandering and backbiting; we must frown upon it, and, by giving it an angry countenance, endeavour to put it out of countenance. Slanders would not be so readily spoken as they are if they were not readily heard;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary