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Proverbs 25:23-25
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 25:23-25
New Catholic Bible
23 The north wind produces rain,
and a backbiting tongue causes angry looks.
24 It is better to live on the corner of a roof
than to share a spacious house with a nagging wife.[a]
25 Like cold water to a thirsty throat
is good news from a distant land.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:24 We have already seen this pessimistic saying in Prov 21:9.