Proverbs 21:29
A wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright — he prepareth his way.
Young's Literal Translation
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 doth perish, And an attentive man for ever speaketh.
30There is no wisdom, nor understanding, Nor counsel, over-against Jehovah.
Cross References
Psalms 119:5O that my ways were prepared to keep Thy statutes,
Proverbs 4:25Thine eyes do look straightforward, And thine eyelids look straight before thee.
Proverbs 11:5The righteousness of the perfect maketh right his way, And by his wickedness doth the wicked fall.
Proverbs 29:1A man often reproved, hardening the neck, Is suddenly broken, and there is no healing.
Jeremiah 3:3And withheld are showers, and gathered rain hath not been. The forehead of a whorish woman thou hast, Thou hast refused to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 8:12They were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, And blushing they have not known, Therefore, they do fall among falling ones, In the time of their inspection they stumble, said Jehovah.
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 →