Proverbs 21:29
The wicked man impudently hardeneth his face: but he that is righteous, correcteth his way.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
In Context
28A lying witness shall perish: an obedient man shall speak of victory.
30There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord.
Cross References
Proverbs 4:25Let thy eyes look straight on, and let thy eyelids go before thy steps.
Proverbs 11:5The justice of the upright shall make his way prosperous: and the wicked man shall fall by his own wickedness.
Proverbs 29:1The man that with a stiff neck despiseth him that reproveth him, shall suddenly be destroyed: and health shall not follow him.
Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers were withholden, and there was no lateward rain: thou hadst a harlot's forehead, thou wouldst not blush.
Jeremiah 8:12They are confounded, because they have committed abomination: yea rather they are not confounded with confusion, and they have not know how to blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall fall, saith the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:29
28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. Here is, 1. The doom of a false witness. He who, for favour to one side or malice to the other, gives in a false evidence, or makes an affidavit of that which he knows to be false, or at least does not know to be true, if it be discovered, his reputation will be ruined. A man may tell a lie perhaps in his haste; but he that gives a false testimony does it with deliberation and solemnity, and it cannot but be a presumptuous sin, and a… Read the whole commentary →