Verse 29

A wicked man hardens his face, but an upright person considers their way.

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  • Prov 11:5 : 5 The righteousness of the blameless makes their path straight, but the wicked fall because of their own wickedness.
  • Prov 28:14 : 14 Blessed is the one who fears always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into trouble.
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 A man who is often corrected but stubbornly stiffens his neck will be suddenly broken beyond healing.
  • Jer 3:2-3 : 2 Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Where have you not been violated? By the roads you sat waiting for lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness. 3 Therefore, the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen face of a prostitute; you refuse to show any shame.
  • Jer 5:3 : 3 Lord, are Your eyes not on truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; You consumed them, but they refused to accept discipline. They hardened their faces more than a rock and refused to repent.
  • Jer 8:12 : 12 Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they do not feel any shame. They do not even know how to blush. Therefore, they will fall among the fallen. At the time of their punishment, they will stumble, says the LORD.
  • Jer 44:16-17 : 16 The word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you. 17 Instead, we will do everything we promised: we will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and pour out drink offerings to her, just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. At that time, we had plenty of food, prospered, and experienced no disaster.
  • Ezek 18:28 : 28 Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, they will surely live; they will not die.
  • Hag 1:5 : 5 Now, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: Consider carefully your ways.
  • Hag 1:7 : 7 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Consider carefully your ways.
  • Hag 2:15 : 15 Now think carefully from this day forward: Before a single stone was laid on another in the temple of the LORD—
  • Hag 2:18-19 : 18 From this day forward, consider carefully: From the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month—the day the foundation of the temple of the LORD was laid—consider it carefully. 19 Is there still seed left in the granary? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet produced fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.
  • Luke 15:17-18 : 17 But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but here I am dying from hunger! 18 I will rise up and go to my father and say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.
  • 1 Thess 3:11 : 11 Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you.
  • Ps 119:5 : 5 Oh, that my ways were steadfast in keeping Your statutes!
  • Ps 119:59 : 59 I have considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.