OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 23

Proverbs 25:23

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The north wind produces rain;

so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

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Proverbs 25:20–26

20

As one who takes away a garment in cold weather,

or vinegar on soda,

so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart.

21

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat.

If he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

22

for you will heap coals of fire on his head,

and the LORD will reward you.

23
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The north wind produces rain;

so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.

24

It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop

than to share a house with a contentious woman.

25

Like cold water to a thirsty soul,

so is good news from a far country.

26

Like a muddied spring and a polluted well,

so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

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