Proverbs 25:22-24

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For in doing so, you will ^[a]heap coals of fire upon his head,
And the Lord will reward you.
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The north wind brings forth rain;
And a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance.
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It is better to live in a corner of the housetop [on the flat roof, exposed to the weather]
Than in a house shared with a quarrelsome (contentious) woman.^(A)

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Footnotes

Proverbs 25:22 This expression may refer to an Egyptian custom in which a penitent man carried a pan of coals on his head as a sign of repentance. The message of these verses is the admonition to return good for evil in the hope that your enemy will be moved to repentance.