Proverbs 21:29
A wicked man makes his face hard, 1 but an upright person is certain about his ways. + 21:29 Some modern versions have but an upright person thinks about his way . 1
Unlocked Literal 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 will perish, 1 but the one who listens will speak for all time. 1
Cross References
Psalms 119:5Oh, that I would be firmly established 1 in the observance of your statutes! 1
Proverbs 4:25Let your eyes look straight ahead 1 and fix your gaze straight before you. 1
Proverbs 11:5The right conduct of a blameless person makes his way straight, 1 but the wicked will fall because of their own wickedness. 1
Proverbs 29:1A person who has received many rebukes but who stiffens his neck 1 will be broken in a moment beyond healing. 1
Jeremiah 3:3So the showers have been withheld and the spring rains have not come; 1 yet you have the forehead of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed. 1
Jeremiah 8:12Were they ashamed when they practiced abominations? They were not ashamed; they did not know how to blush! So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when they are punished, says Yahweh. 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 →