Proverbs 21:29
A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.
World English Bible British
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. A man who listens speaks to eternity.
30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Cross References
Psalms 119:5Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
Proverbs 4:25Let your eyes look straight ahead. Fix your gaze directly before you.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Proverbs 29:1He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.
Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showers have been withheld and there has been no latter rain; yet you have had a prostitute’s forehead and you refused to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 8:12Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed. They couldn’t blush. Therefore they will fall amongst those who fall. In the time of their visitation they will be cast down, says 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 →