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Proverbs 25:23

“The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.”

Verse in context — Proverbs 25

21

If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

22

For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.

23

The north wind driveth away rain: so [doth] an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

24

[It is] better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house.

25

[As] cold waters to a thirsty soul, so [is] good news from a far country.

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