Proverbs 21:29
A wicked man hardeneth his face; but as for the upright, he looketh well to his way.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
In Context
28A false witness shall perish; but the man that obeyeth shall speak unchallenged.
30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Cross References
Psalms 119:5Oh that my ways were directed to observe Thy statutes!
Proverbs 4:25Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the sincere shall make straight his way; but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Proverbs 29:1He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck shall suddenly be broken, and that without remedy.
Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there hath been no latter rain; yet thou hadst a harlot's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 8:12They shall be put to shame because they have committed abomination; yea, they are not at all ashamed, neither know they how to blush; therefore shall they fall among them that fall, in the time of their visitation they shall stumble, 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 →