Proverbs 25:23 (KJV)

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The north wind driveth away rain so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue
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Cross-references

north. Job 37:22

so. Pr 26:20 Ps 15:3 Ps 101:5 Ro 1:30 2Co 12:20

driveth, etc. or, bringeth forth rain; so doth a backbitingtongue 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.

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