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Proverbs 21:29
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A wicked man hardens his face; But as for the upright, he establishes his ways.
Wicked people are stubborn, but good people think carefully about what they do.
A wicked person shows boldness with his face, but as for the upright, he discerns his ways.
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but [as for] the upright, he directeth his way.
A wicked man hardens his face; But as for the upright, he establishes his ways.
A wicked man puts on a bold face, But as for the upright, he considers, directs, and establishes his way [with the confidence of integrity].
A wicked man puts on a bold face, but the upright gives thought to his ways.
A wickid man makith sad his cheer vnschamefastli; but he that is riytful, amendith his weie.
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he ordereth his ways.
A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.
Wicked people bluff their way, but God's people think before they take a step.
A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.
The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.
A wicked man puts on a bold face, whereas the upright prepares his ways.
A wicked man hardeneth his face; but as for the upright, he establisheth his way.
Good people know they are right, but the wicked have to pretend.
A wicked man hardeneth his face; but as for the upright, he looketh well to his way.
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the vpright, he directeth his way.
A sinful man's face shows he is pretending, but a good man is sure of himself.
The wicked put on a bold face, but the upright give thought to their ways.
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but the iust, he will direct his way.
The face of a wicked man is shameless; but he who is upright amends his ways.
Righteous people are sure of themselves; the wicked have to pretend as best they can.
A lawless man emboldeneth his face, but, as for the upright, he, directeth his ways.
The wicked man impudently hardeneth his face: but he that is righteous, correcteth his way.
A wicked man puts on a bold face, but an upright man considers his ways.
An vngodly man hardeneth his face: but the iust refourmeth his owne way.
An ungodly man impudently withstands with his face; but the upright man himself understands his ways.
A wicked person puts on a bold face,but the upright one considers his way.
A wicked man hardens his face; But as for the upright, he establishes his ways.
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
A wicked man is strong in his countenance, but the upright will appoint his paths.
A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright establishes his way.
A wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright -- he prepareth his way.
An vngodly man goeth forth rashly, but the iust refourmeth his owne waye.
Unscrupulous people fake it a lot; honest people are sure of their steps.
A wicked person displays a bold face, But as for the upright, he makes his way sure.
A wicked man hardens his face,But as for the upright, he establishes [fn] his way.
A wicked man displays a bold face, But as for the upright, he makes his way sure.
A wicked man displays a brazen face,But as for the upright, he establishes his way.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
hardeneth: Proverbs 28:14, Proverbs 29:1, Jeremiah 3:2, Jeremiah 3:3, Jeremiah 5:3, Jeremiah 8:12, Jeremiah 44:16, Jeremiah 44:17
he directeth: or, he considereth, Proverbs 11:5, Psalms 119:59, Ezekiel 18:28, Haggai 1:5, Haggai 1:7, Haggai 2:15, Haggai 2:18, Haggai 2:19, Luke 15:17, Luke 15:18, 1 Thessalonians 3:11
Reciprocal: Proverbs 11:20 - upright Jeremiah 36:25 - but Ezekiel 2:4 - impudent
Cross-References
"And what were all the flocks and herds I met as I came?" Esau asked. Jacob replied, "They are a gift, my lord, to ensure your friendship."
Then your children will ask, ‘What does this ceremony mean?'
"Then what is all the bleating of sheep and goats and the lowing of cattle I hear?" Samuel demanded.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A wicked man hardeneth his face,.... Against all corrections and reproofs of parents, masters, ministers, and others; he blushes not at sins committed, and is not ashamed of them, but glories in them: or, he "strengthens with his face" l; he puts an impudent face upon his words, and confirms them by his impudence; if he tells the most notorious lies, and says things the most shameful and scandalous, his countenance does not alter, by which he would be thought to have spoken what is right and true;
but [as for] the upright, he directeth his way; or "his ways" m; according to the various reading; the man that is upright in heart, and walks uprightly, he directs his way according to the word of God; and, if he does amiss, when sensible he is ashamed of it, and amends.
l העז בפניו "roborat vultu suo", Baynus; "in faciebus suis", Montanus. m דרכיו τα οδους αυτου, Sept. "vias suas", Baynus, Tigurine version, Mercerus, Gejerus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Directeth - i. e., Makes straight and firm. On one side it is the callousness of guilt; on the other side it is the confidence of integrity.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 21:29. He directeth his way — Instead of יכין yachin, he directeth, upwards of fifty of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., several ancient editions with some of the versions, read יבין yabin, he understands; and because he understands his way, he is able to direct himself in walking in it.
