Proverbs 21:29 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

A wicked man hardeneth his face: But as for the upright, he ordereth his 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

Oh that my ways were established To observe thy statutes!

Psalm 119:59

I thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

Proverbs 11:5

The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: But the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.

Proverbs 28:14

Happy is the man that feareth alway: But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.

Proverbs 29:1

He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be broken, and that without remedy.

Proverbs 4:25

Let thine eyes look right on, And let thine eyelids look straight before thee.

Proverbs 4:26

Make level the path of thy feet, And let all thy ways be established.

Proverbs 7:13

So she caught him, and kissed him, And with an impudent face she said unto him:

Ecclesiastes 8:1

Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

Jeremiah 5:3

O LORD, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were 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.

Jeremiah 8:12

Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.

Ezekiel 18:28

Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Haggai 1:5

Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways,

Haggai 1:7

Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Consider your ways.

Haggai 2:15

And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD:

1 Thessalonians 3:11

Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way unto you: