Proverbs 21:29

הֵעֵז אִישׁ רָשָׁע בְּפָנָיו וְיָשָׁר הוּא ׀ יכין דרכיו ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.

In Context

28עֵד ־ כְּזָבִים יֹאבֵד וְאִישׁ שׁוֹמֵעַ לָנֶצַח יְדַבֵּֽר ׃

30אֵין חָכְמָה וְאֵין תְּבוּנָה וְאֵין עֵצָה לְנֶגֶד יְהוָֽה ׃ פ

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Cross References

Psalms 119:5אַחֲלַי יִכֹּנוּ דְרָכָי לִשְׁמֹר חֻקֶּֽיךָ ׃

Proverbs 4:25עֵינֶיךָ לְנֹכַח יַבִּיטוּ וְעַפְעַפֶּיךָ יַיְשִׁרוּ נֶגְדֶּֽךָ ׃

Proverbs 11:5צִדְקַת תָּמִים תְּיַשֵּׁר דַּרְכּוֹ וּבְרִשְׁעָתוֹ יִפֹּל רָשָֽׁע ׃

Proverbs 29:1אִישׁ תּוֹכָחוֹת מַקְשֶׁה ־ עֹרֶף פֶּתַע יִשָּׁבֵר וְאֵין מַרְפֵּֽא ׃

Jeremiah 3:3וַיִּמָּנְעוּ רְבִבִים וּמַלְקוֹשׁ לוֹא הָיָה וּמֵצַח אִשָּׁה זוֹנָה הָיָה לָךְ מֵאַנְתְּ הִכָּלֵֽם ׃

Jeremiah 8:12הֹבִשׁוּ כִּי תוֹעֵבָה עָשׂוּ גַּם ־ בּוֹשׁ לֹֽא ־ יֵבֹשׁוּ וְהִכָּלֵם לֹא יָדָעוּ לָכֵן יִפְּלוּ בַנֹּפְלִים בְּעֵת פְּקֻדָּתָם יִכָּשְׁלוּ אָמַר יְהוָֽה ׃ ס

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 →

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