Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
North
General references
Bible References
North
Job 37:22
“Out of the north comes golden splendor [and people can hardly look on it];
Around God is awesome splendor and majesty [far too glorious for man’s eyes].
“Out of the north comes golden splendor [and people can hardly look on it];
Around God is awesome splendor and majesty [far too glorious for man’s eyes].
So
Proverbs 26:20
For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no whisperer [who gossips], contention quiets down.
For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no whisperer [who gossips], contention quiets down.
Psalm 15:3
He does not slander with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
He does not slander with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;
Psalm 101:5
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will silence;
The one who has a haughty look and a proud (arrogant) heart I will not tolerate.
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will silence;
The one who has a haughty look and a proud (arrogant) heart I will not tolerate.
Romans 1:30
slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors [of new forms] of evil, disobedient and disrespectful to parents,
2 Corinthians 12:20
For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you not to be as I wish, and that you may find me not as you wish—that perhaps there may be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slander, gossip, arrogance and disorder;
General references
1 Samuel 24:9
David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘David seeks to harm you?’
Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler pays attention to lies [and encourages corruption],
All his officials will become wicked.
If a ruler pays attention to lies [and encourages corruption],
All his officials will become wicked.