Proverbs 21:29 “A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.”

Proverbs 21:29

A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

American Standard Version

A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.

Geneva Bible 1599

A wicked man hardeneth his face: but the iust, he will direct his way.

Darby Translation

A wicked man hardeneth his face; but as for the upright, he establisheth his way.

Young's Literal Translation

A wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright — he prepareth his way.

Bible in Basic English

The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

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Cross references

“hardeneth”

Proverbs 28:14 Proverbs 29:1 Jeremiah 5:3 Jeremiah 8:12 Jeremiah 3:2 Jeremiah 3:3

Proverbs 28:14 · BSB

Blessed is the man who is always reverent, but he who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

Proverbs 29:1 · BSB

A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.

Jeremiah 5:3 · BSB

O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

Jeremiah 8:12 · BSB

Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.

Jeremiah 3:2 · BSB

“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your…

Jeremiah 3:3 · BSB

Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.

“he directeth”

Haggai 1:7 1 Thessalonians 3:11 Proverbs 11:5 Psalm 119:59 Ezekiel 18:28 Haggai 2:15

Haggai 1:7 · BSB

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.

1 Thessalonians 3:11 · BSB

Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.

Proverbs 11:5 · BSB

The righteousness of the blameless directs their path, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

Psalm 119:59 · BSB

I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.

Ezekiel 18:28 · BSB

Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.

Haggai 2:15 · BSB

Now consider carefully from this day forward: Before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD,

Also

Psalm 119:5

Psalm 119:5 · BSB

Oh, that my ways were committed to keeping Your statutes!

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

28A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.

30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.

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