"The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue."
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Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.
He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
As the north wind gives birth to rain, so is an angry face caused by a tongue saying evil secretly.
The north wind bringeth forth rain, and the angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.
The north wind brings forth rain: So a backbiting tongue brings an angry face.
A north wind bringeth forth rain, And a secret tongue -- indignant faces.