Proverbs 21:29
The wicked man hardeneth his face; But the upright directeth his way.
Noyes Bible
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 a man that hearkeneth shall speak forever.
30Wisdom is nothing, and understanding is nothing, And devices are nothing, against the LORD.
Cross References
Psalms 119:5O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
Proverbs 4:25Let thine eyes look straight forward, And thine eyelids be directed before thee.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the good man maketh his way plain; But the wicked falleth through his wickedness.
Proverbs 29:1He who, being often reproved, hardeneth his neck, Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Jeremiah 3:3And although the showers have been withholden, And there hath been no latter rain, Yet thou hast had a harlot's forehead; Thou hast refused to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 8:12Are they ashamed, that they have done abominable things? Nay, they are not at all ashamed; They know not how to blush. Therefore shall they fall with them that fall; At the time when I punish them, They shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.
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 →