²³ Like a north wind that brings unexpected rain
    is a sly tongue—which provokes a horrified look.

⁵ Whoever slanders their neighbor^(A) in secret,
    I will put to silence;
whoever has haughty eyes^(B) and a proud heart,
    I will not tolerate.

²⁰ Without wood a fire goes out;
    without a gossip a quarrel dies down.^(A)

³ whose tongue utters no slander,^(A)
    who does no wrong to a neighbor,
    and casts no slur on others;

²² Out of the north he comes in golden splendor;^(A)
    God comes in awesome majesty.^(B)