Proverbs 25:23
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue.”
סֵתֶר
The hidden place. Not a bunker you build — a place you abide. The Hebrew carries the sense of being covered, concealed, sheltered under something larger than yourself. To dwell in the secret place of the Most High is to live inside His protection, not just visit it.
רוּחַ
a wind of
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רוּחַ
Spirit, wind, breath. Ruach. The breath of God that gives life. The Holy Spirit. The same word used when the Spirit hovered over the waters of creation.
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חוּל
it brings forth
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חוּל
To twist, to writhe, to wait with trembling. Chuwl. Expectant waiting so intense it feels like physical tension. It is faith under pressure.
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לָשׁוֹן
a tongue of
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לָשׁוֹן
Tongue, language. Lashon. Death and life are in the power of the tongue. What you say shapes your world. Speak life not death.
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צָפוֹן
the north
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צָפוֹן
properly, hidden, i.e. dark; used only of the north as aquarter (gloomy and unknown)
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זָעַם
indignant
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זָעַם
properly, to foam at the mouth, i.e. to be enraged
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גֶּשֶׁם
rain
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גֶּשֶׁם
a shower
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