Proverbs 21:29
A wicked man showeth impudence in his face; but as for the upright, he will consider well his way.
Leeser Tanakh
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; but the man that is obedient [to the law] can speak for ever.
30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
Cross References
Psalms 119:5Oh that my ways were firmly directed to observe thy statutes!
Proverbs 4:25Let thy eyes look right forward, and let thy eyelids see straight out before thee.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the perfect maketh even his way; but by his own wickedness will the wicked fall.
Proverbs 29:1A man that, having received many admonitions, still hardeneth his neck, will suddenly be broken, and this without remedy.
Jeremiah 3:3And [though] the early showers were withholden, and the latter rain came not: yet hadst thou a forehead of an incestuous wife, thou refusedst to feel shame.
Jeremiah 8:12They should have been ashamed, because they had committed abomination; but they neither felt the least shame, nor did they know how to blush: therefore shall they fall among those that fall; at the time of their punishment shall they 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 →