Cross references

Proverbs 25:23

As the north wind brings forth rain,

so a backbiting tongue brings angry looks.

Proverbs 25:23 BSB

Proverbs 25:23 has 6 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 1 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 26:20 (4 votes) and Job 37:22 (3 votes). 11 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Genesis 8 to Ephesians 4.

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Which verses does Proverbs 25:23 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

  2. Job 37:223 votes

    Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.

  3. Psalm 15:33 votes

    who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,

  4. slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents.

  5. For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

  6. Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

Which verses point to Proverbs 25:23?

The 10 strongest of 11.