Proverbs 25:23

Overview - Proverbs 25
1	Observations about kings,
8	and about avoiding causes of quarrels, and sundry causes thereof.

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Proverbs 25:23 (King James Version)
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.

north: Job 37:22
driveth, etc or, bringeth forth rain; so doth a backbiting: tongue an angry countenance. Monconys says, that when travelling on the second of January, 1648, from Tripoli in Syria, between Lebanon and the sea, it; rained without ceasing, while the north wind blew directly in his face.* so.