Proverbs 25:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The north wind produces rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

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King 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.

Proverbs 25:23 Cross References

Job 37:22

Out of the north comes golden splendor; around God is awesome majesty.

Job 37:9

From its chamber comes the whirlwind and cold from the scattering winds.

Psalm 101:5

One who secretly slanders a neighbor I will destroy. A haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not tolerate.

Psalm 15:3

who do not slander with their tongue and do no evil to their friends nor heap shame upon their neighbors;

Psalm 35:16

they impiously mocked more and more, gnashing at me with their teeth.

Proverbs 26:20

For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

Romans 1:30

slanderers, God-haters, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, rebellious toward parents,

2 Corinthians 12:20

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.