Holy Scripture
Proverbs 25:23
A church father on this verse
“"The north wind drives away rain," etc. If you listen with a cheerful face to a slanderer, you give him fuel for slandering; but if you listen with a gloomy face, as a certain man said, he will learn not willingly to say what he has learned is not willingly heard.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
23The north wind raises clouds; So an impudent face provokes the tongue.
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21If thine enemy hunger, feed him; If he thirst, give him drink;
22For so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, And the Lord shall reward thee with good.
— Proverbs 25:23 —
24It is better to dwell on a corner of the roof, Than with a railing woman in an open house.
25As cold water is agreeable to a thirsting soul, So is a good message from a land far off.