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for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and the LORD will reward you.
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The north wind brings forth rain; and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
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It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
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Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
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Like a muddied spring or a polluted fountain is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.