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;
Around God is awesome majesty.

So

Proverbs 26:20
For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no whisperer, 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;
Psalm 101:5
Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy;
No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.
Romans 1:30
slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,
2 Corinthians 12:20
For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances;

General references

1 Samuel 24:9
David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to the words of men, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you’?
Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler pays attention to falsehood,
All his ministers become wicked.