Proverbs 25:23
“The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
The north wind driveth away rain,.... So the geographer (w) says, the swift north wind drives away the moist clouds;…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
The marginal reading is far more accurate and gives a better sense. The northwest wind in Palestine commonly brings…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Here see, 1. How we must discourage sin and witness against it, and particularly the sin of slandering and backbiting;…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
driveth away Rather, bringeth forth, A.V. marg., R.V. text. The rendering of A.V. text follows the Vulg., dissipat…
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