Proverbs 25:23

A Conservative Version

The north wind brings forth rain. So does a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 12:20

For I fear lest somehow, having come, I may find you not such as I want, and I may be found by you such as ye do not want, lest somehow there be strifes, envyings, wraths, selfish ambitions, slanderings, whisperings, puffings up, t

Romans 1:30

being gossips, slanderous, God-hating, aggressors, arrogant boasters, contrivers of evil things, disobedient to parents;

Proverbs 26:20

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

Psalm 15:3

he who does no slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor,

Job 37:22

Out of the north comes golden splendor. God has upon him awesome majesty.

Psalm 101:5

He who slanders his neighbor secretly, him I will destroy. He who has a high look and a proud heart I will not endure.

Psalm 35:16

Like the profane mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth.

Job 37:9

Out of the chamber [of the south] comes the storm, and cold out of the north.