Proverbs 21:29
A wicked man has hardened by his face, || And the upright—he prepares his way.
Literal Standard Version
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 perishes, || And an attentive man speaks forever.
30There is no wisdom, nor understanding, || Nor counsel against YHWH.
Cross References
Psalms 119:5O that my ways were prepared to keep Your statutes,
Proverbs 4:25Your eyes look straightforward, || And your eyelids look straight before you.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the perfect makes his way right, || And by his wickedness the wicked fall.
Proverbs 29:1A man often reproved, hardening the neck, || Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.
Jeremiah 3:3And showers are withheld, and there has been no spring rain. You have the forehead of a whorish woman, || You have refused to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 8:12They were ashamed when they did abomination! Indeed, they are not ashamed at all, || And they have not known blushing, || Therefore, they fall among falling ones, || They stumble in the time of their inspection, said YHWH.
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 →