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Stop Gossip with a Look
Commentators like John Gill and Matthew Henry suggest the verse is an instruction on how to stop gossip. In this view, just as a strong north wind drives away rain, a stern, angry look from a listener drives away a slanderer. It places the responsibility on the hearer to discourage sinful speech. As one scholar puts it, 'Slanders would not be so readily spoken if they were not readily heard.'
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Albert Barnes
On Proverbs 25:23
18th Century
Theologian
The marginal reading is far more accurate and gives a better sense. The northwest wind in Palestine commonly brings rain, and this was probably in …
Charles Ellicott
On Proverbs 25:23
19th Century
Bishop
The north wind driveth away rain.— The marginal rendering is probably more correct: “The north wind bringeth forth ra…
John Gill
On Proverbs 25:23
17th Century
Pastor
The north wind drives away rain
So the geographer F23 says, the swift north wind drives away the moist cl…
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Matthew Henry
On Proverbs 25:23
17th Century
Minister
Slanders would not be so readily spoken if they were not readily heard. Sin, if it receives any check, becomes cowardly.