Proverbs 21:29

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:5 : 5 The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.
  • Prov 28:14 : 14 Happy is the man in whom is the fear of the Lord at all times; but he whose heart is hard will come into trouble.
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.
  • Jer 3:2-3 : 2 Let your eyes be lifted up to the open hilltops, and see; where have you not been taken by your lovers? You have been seated waiting for them by the wayside like an Arabian in the waste land; you have made the land unclean with your loose ways and your evil-doing. 3 So the showers have been kept back, and there has been no spring rain; still your brow is the brow of a loose woman, you will not let yourself be shamed.
  • Jer 5:3 : 3 O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled; you have sent destruction on them, but they did not take your teaching to heart: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they would not come back.
  • Jer 8:12 : 12 Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not able to become red with shame: so they will come down with those who are falling: in the time of their punishment they will be made low, says the Lord.
  • Jer 44:16-17 : 16 As for the word which you have said to us in the name of the Lord, we will not give ear to you. 17 But we will certainly do every word which has gone out of our mouths, burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her as we did, we and our fathers and our kings and our rulers, in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then we had food enough and did well and saw no evil.
  • Ezek 18:28 : 28 Because he had fear and was turned away from all the wrong which he had done, life will certainly be his, death will not be his fate.
  • Hag 1:5 : 5 For this cause the Lord of armies has said, Give thought to your ways.
  • Hag 1:7 : 7 This is what the Lord of armies has said: Give thought to your ways.
  • Hag 2:15 : 15 And now, give thought, looking back from this day to the time before one stone was put on another in the Temple of the Lord:
  • Hag 2:18-19 : 18 And now, give thought; looking on from this day, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the time when the base of the Lord's house was put in its place, give thought to it. 19 Is the seed still in the store-house? have the vine and the fig-tree, the pomegranate and the olive-tree, still not given their fruit? from this day I will send my blessing on you.
  • Luke 15:17-18 : 17 But when he came to his senses, he said, What numbers of my father's servants have bread enough, and more, while I am near to death here through need of food! 18 I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes:
  • 1 Thess 3:11 : 11 Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus make a way for us to come to you;
  • Ps 119:5 : 5 If only my ways were ordered so that I might keep your rules!
  • Ps 119:59 : 59 I gave thought to my steps, and my feet were turned into the way of your unchanging word.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 21:7-8
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    7By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

    8Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

  • Prov 29:1
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    1A man hating sharp words and making his heart hard, will suddenly be broken and will not be made well again.

  • Prov 10:9
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    9He whose ways are upright will go safely, but he whose ways are twisted will be made low.

  • Prov 10:29
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    29The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

  • Prov 11:3
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    3The righteousness of the upright will be their guide, but the twisted ways of the false will be their destruction.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

  • Prov 16:29-30
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    29A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.

    30He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.

  • Prov 11:19-20
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    19So righteousness gives life; but he who goes after evil gets death for himself.

    20The uncontrolled are hated by the Lord, but those whose ways are without error are his delight

  • Prov 19:3
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    3By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

  • Prov 28:14
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    14Happy is the man in whom is the fear of the Lord at all times; but he whose heart is hard will come into trouble.

  • Prov 14:2
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    2He who goes on his way in righteousness has before him the fear of the Lord; but he whose ways are twisted gives him no honour.

  • Prov 16:9
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    9A man may make designs for his way, but the Lord is the guide of his steps.

  • Prov 28:18
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    18He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.

  • Job 21:30-31
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    30How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?

    31Who will make his way clear to his face? and if he has done a thing, who gives him punishment for it?

  • Prov 11:5
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    5The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

  • Prov 21:2
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    2Every way of a man seems right to himself, but the Lord is the tester of hearts.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

  • Prov 16:17
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    17The highway of the upright is to be turned away from evil: he who takes care of his way will keep his soul.

  • Job 17:8-9
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    8The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers.

    9Still the upright keeps on his way, and he who has clean hands gets new strength.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.

  • Isa 29:21
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    21Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions in the public place, taking away a man's right without cause.

  • Prov 15:19
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    19Thorns are round the way of the hater of work; but the road of the hard worker becomes a highway.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

  • Ps 101:4
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    4The false heart I will send away from me: I will not have an evil-doer for a friend.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28The heart of the upright gives thought to his answer; but from the mouth of the evil-doer comes a stream of evil things.

  • Prov 28:28
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    28When evil-doers are lifted up, men take cover; but when destruction overtakes them, the upright are increased.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

  • Prov 21:4
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    4A high look and a heart of pride, *** of the evil-doer is sin.

  • Prov 28:1
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    1The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

  • Prov 29:10
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    10Men of blood are haters of the good man, and evil-doers go after his soul.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.

  • Prov 21:30
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    30Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.

  • Ps 1:6
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    6Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

  • Job 22:15
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    15Will you keep the old way by which evil men went?

  • Prov 14:11
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    11The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well.

  • Ps 36:1
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    1<To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord. Of David.> The sin of the evil-doer says in his heart, There is no fear of the Lord before his eyes.

  • Prov 12:5
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    5The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.