Proverbs 21:29 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁹A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.

Proverbs 21:29 —

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Cross-References

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Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
Haggai 1:7
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
1 Thessalonians 3:11
Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.
Haggai 2:18-19
Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider it. …
Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities Deafness Godlessness Godliness Heart Holiness Impenitence Obduracy (hardness)

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 29)

Here is, 1. The presumption and impudence of a wicked man: He hardens his face —brazens it, that he may not blush—steels it, that he may not tremble when he commits the greatest crimes; he bids defiance to the terrors of the law and the checks of his own conscience, the reproofs of the word and the rebukes of Providence; he will have his way and nothing shall hinder him, Isa. 57:17. 2. The caution…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 29)

29. hardeneth his face--is obstinate. directeth ... way--considers it, and acts advisedly.