Proverbs 25:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The north wind produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The north wind driveth away rain: So doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The north wind brings forth rain; so does a backbiting tongue bring forth an angry countenance. American Standard Version (1901) The north wind bringeth forth rain; So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance. Common English Bible The north wind stirs up rain, and a person who plots quietly provokes angry faces. Catholic Public Domain Version The north wind brings forth the rain, and a sorrowful face brings forth a detracting tongue. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The north wind driveth away rain, as doth a sad countenance a backbiting tongue. |
One who secretly slanders a neighbor I will destroy. A haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not tolerate.
who do not slander with their tongue and do no evil to their friends nor heap shame upon their neighbors;
For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
slanderers, God-haters, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, rebellious toward parents,
For I fear that when I come I may find you not as I wish and that you may find me not as you wish; I fear that there may perhaps be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.