Proverbs 21:29
An ish rasha defiantly hardeneth his face, 1 but as for the yashar (upright) he maketh his derech (road) sure. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
In Context
30There is no chochmah nor tevunah (understanding) 1 nor etzah against Hashem. 1
Cross References
Psalms 119:5O that my drakhim were directed 1 to be shomer over Thy chukkim (statutes)! 1
Proverbs 4:25Let thine eynayim look straight forward, 1 and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. 1
Proverbs 11:5The tzidkat tamim (righteousness of the blameless) shall make his derech straight, 1 but the rasha shall fall by his own evil. 1
Proverbs 29:1He, that being often reproved, stiffeneth his neck, 1 shall suddenly be destroyed, 1 and that without marpeh (remedy). 1
Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the revivim (showers) have been withheld, 1 and there hath been no malkosh (latter rain, spring rain); 1 and thou hadst a metzach isha zonah (whoreʼs forehead), 1 and thou refusedst to blush with shame. 1
Jeremiah 8:12Were they ashamed 1 when they did to'evah (abomination)? 1 No, they were not at all ashamed, 1 neither could they know to blush; 1 therefore shall they fall among them that fall; 1 in the time of their pekuddah (visitation [for punishment], time of reckoning) 1 they shall be brought down, saith Hashem. 1
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 →