Proverbs 21:29
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but the iust, he will direct his way.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
In Context
28A false witnes shall perish: but hee that heareth, speaketh continually.
30There is no wisedome, neither vnderstanding, nor counsell against the Lord.
Cross References
Psalms 119:5Oh that my waies were directed to keepe thy statutes!
Proverbs 4:25Let thine eyes beholde the right, and let thine eyelids direct thy way before thee.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousnes of the vpright shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall in his owne wickednes.
Proverbs 29:1A man that hardeneth his necke when he is rebuked, shall suddenly be destroyed and can not be cured.
Jeremiah 3:3Therefore the showres haue beene restrained, and the latter raine came not, and thou haddest a whores forehead: thou wouldest not bee ashamed.
Jeremiah 8:12Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not ashamed, neither coulde they haue any shame: therefore shall they fall among the slaine: when I shall visite them, they shall be cast downe, sayeth 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 →