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

²⁹ The wicked put on a bold face, but the upright give thought to their ways.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ 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)

²⁹ A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.

Common English Bible

²⁹ The wicked person appears brash, but the virtuous think about the path ahead.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ The impious man insolently hardens his face. But whoever is upright corrects his own way.

Proverbs 21:29 Cross References

Proverbs 11:5

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

1 Thessalonians 3:11

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

Haggai 1:7

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

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.

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.

Proverbs 28:14

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

Psalm 119:59

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

Psalm 119:5

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

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,

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.

Proverbs 29:1

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

Haggai 1:5

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

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.

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.