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New American Standard Bible (©1995)
The north wind brings forth rain, And a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
As the north wind brings rain, so a whispering tongue brings angry looks. King James Bible
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. Jump to Previous Occurrence
Angry Backbiting Birth Caused Countenance Driveth Evil Face Faces Forth Gives Indignant Looks North Rain Secret Secretly Sly Tongue Wind Jump to Next Occurrence
Angry Backbiting Birth Caused Countenance Driveth Evil Face Faces Forth Gives Indignant Looks North Rain Secret Secretly Sly Tongue Wind Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary Verse 23 Here see, 1. How we must discourage sin and witness against it, and particularly the sin of slandering and backbiting; we must frown upon it, and, by giving it an angry countenance, endeavour to put it out of countenance. Slanders would not be so readily spoken as they are if they were not readily heard; but good manners would silence the slanderer if he saw that his tales displeased the company. We should show ourselves uneasy if we heard a dear friend, whom we value, evil-spoken of; the same dislike we should show of evil-speaking in general. If we cannot otherwise reprove, we may do it by our looks. 2. The good effect which this might probably have; who knows but it may silence and drive away a backbiting tongue? Sin, if it be countenanced, becomes daring, but, if it receive any check, it is so conscious of its own shame that it becomes cowardly, and this sin in particular, for many abuse those they speak of only in hopes to curry favour with those they speak to. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. Alphabetical: a an And angry As backbiting brings countenance forth looks north rain sly so The tongue wind Bible Browser | 
