Proverbs 21:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The wicked put on a bold face, but the upright give thought to their ways.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

A wicked man puts on the bold, unfeeling face [of guilt], but as for the upright, he considers, directs, and establishes his way [with the confidence of integrity].

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

The wicked person appears brash, but the virtuous think about the path ahead.

Catholic Public Domain Version

The impious man insolently hardens his face. But whoever is upright corrects his own way.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

The wicked man impudently hardeneth his face: but he that is righteous, correcteth his way.

Proverbs 21:29 Cross References

Psalm 119:5

O that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!

Psalm 119:59

When I think of your ways, I turn my feet to your decrees;

Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the blameless keeps their ways straight, but the wicked fall by their own wickedness.

Proverbs 28:14

Happy is the one who is never without fear, but one who is hard-hearted will fall into calamity.

Proverbs 29:1

One who is often reproved, yet remains stubborn, will suddenly be broken beyond healing.

Proverbs 4:25

Let your eyes look directly forward and your gaze be straight before you.

Proverbs 4:26

Keep straight the path of your feet, and all your ways will be sure.

Proverbs 7:13

She seizes him and kisses him, and with impudent face she says to him:

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? Being wise makes one’s face shine, but arrogance changes one’s face.

Jeremiah 5:3

O Lord, do your eyes not look for truth? You have struck them, but they felt no anguish; you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to turn back.

Jeremiah 8:12

They acted shamefully; they committed abomination, yet they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time when I punish them, they shall be overthrown, says the Lord.

Ezekiel 18:28

Because they considered and turned away from all the transgressions that they had committed, they shall surely live; they shall not die.

Haggai 1:5

Now therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider how you have fared.

Haggai 1:7

“Thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider how you have fared.

Haggai 2:15

But now, consider what will come to pass from this day on. Before a stone was placed upon a stone in the Lord’s temple,

1 Thessalonians 3:11

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