Proverbs 21:29
A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.
Berean Standard Bible
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 will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.
30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
Cross References
Psalms 119:5Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!
Proverbs 4:25Let your eyes look forward; fix your gaze straight ahead.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
Proverbs 29:1A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 8:12Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says 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 →