Proverbs 21:29
The wicked act as bold as brass, but those who live right consider carefully what they're doing.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
In Context
28The lies of a false witness vanish away, but the words of a reliable witness will stand.
30Whatever wisdom, understanding, or guidance you may have is nothing before the Lord.
Cross References
Psalms 119:5May I be reliable in the way I keep your rules!
Proverbs 4:25Focus on what's ahead of you; look at what's in front of you.
Proverbs 11:5The goodness of the innocent keeps them on track, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.
Proverbs 29:1Anyone who goes on stubbornly rejecting many warnings will be suddenly destroyed, without hope of healing.
Jeremiah 3:3That's why no showers have been sent, and no spring rains have fallen. But you just stare back shamelessly like a prostitute; you refuse to accept you've done anything wrong.
Jeremiah 8:12Are they ashamed of the disgusting things they did? No, they're not ashamed at all, they can't even blush. So they will fall just like the others, when I punish them; they will drop down dead, 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 →