Proverbs 21:29
A wicked man maketh firm his cheer unshamefastly; but he that is rightful, amendeth his way. (A wicked person unashamedly maketh firm his face, or is stubborn; but he who is upright, mendeth his way.)
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 119:5I would that my ways were (ad)dressed; to keep thy justifyings. (I desire that my ways be directed; so that I can obey thy statutes.)
Proverbs 4:25Thine eyes see rightful things; and thine eyelids go before thy steps.
Proverbs 11:5The rightfulness of a simple man shall (ad)dress his way; and a wicked man shall fall in his wickedness. (The uprightness of an honest person shall direct his way; and a wicked person shall fall because of his wickedness.)
Proverbs 29:1Sudden perishing shall come [up] on that man, that with hard noll, that is, (with) an obstinate soul, despiseth a blamer (or despiseth a rebuker); and health shall not follow him.
Jeremiah 3:3Wherefore the drops of rains were forbidden, and no late rain was. The forehead of a woman whore is made to thee; thou wouldest not be ashamed. (And so the drops of rain were forbidden, and there was no late rain for thee. Thou haddest the forehead, or the face, of a whore-woman, but thou wouldest not be ashamed.)
Jeremiah 8:12They be shamed, for they did abomination; yea, rather they were not shamed by shame, and could not be ashamed. Therefore they shall fall among fallers, in the time of their visitation they shall fall, saith the Lord. (Be they ashamed, they who did these abominations? nay, they were not ashamed, and they could not be ashamed. And so they shall fall among the fallen; they shall fall down at the time of their punishment, saith 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 →