Proverbs 25:23
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
In context
21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
22 For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
23 As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
24 Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
25 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.
Proverbs 25:23 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- As the north wind brings forth rain, so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.
- KJV King James Version
- The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
- WEB World English Bible
- The north wind produces rain; so a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The north wind bringeth forth rain; So doth a backbiting tongue an angry countenance.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue — indignant faces.
- DBY Darby Translation
- The north wind bringeth forth rain, and the angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
- WBS Webster Bible
- The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.