Proverbs 21:29

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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.

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  • Prov 21:7-8
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    7 The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to act justly.

    8 The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.

  • 1 A man who is often corrected but stubbornly stiffens his neck will be suddenly broken beyond healing.

  • 9 The one who walks in integrity walks securely, but the one who perverts his ways will be found out.

  • 29 The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the blameless, but it is ruin to evildoers.

  • 27 The righteous detest the unjust, and the wicked detest the upright.

  • 3 The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them.

  • 12 The righteous one considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked down to ruin.

  • 6 Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • 15 Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the treacherous leads to ruin.

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    29 A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.

    30 The one who winks with his eyes is plotting perverse things, and the one who purses his lips is bent on evil.

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    19 True righteousness leads to life, but whoever chases after evil brings about his own death.

    20 Those with twisted hearts are detestable to the Lord, but His delight is in those whose ways are blameless.

  • 3 A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • 20 A crooked heart will not find good, and the one with a deceitful tongue will fall into trouble.

  • 14 Blessed is the one who fears always, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into trouble.

  • 2 Whoever walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but the one whose ways are devious despises Him.

  • 9 The heart of a person plans their way, but the Lord establishes their steps.

  • 18 Whoever walks in integrity will be saved, but one who is crooked in his ways will fall into ruin.

  • Job 21:30-31
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    30 That the wicked are spared in the day of calamity, that they are brought forth in the day of wrath?

    31 Who will confront him with his conduct? Who repays him for what he has done?

  • 5 The righteousness of the blameless makes their path straight, but the wicked fall because of their own wickedness.

  • 2 Every person's way seems right in their own eyes, but the LORD evaluates the hearts.

  • 10 Whoever leads the upright along an evil path will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

  • 17 The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.

  • Job 17:8-9
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    8 The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent one is stirred against the godless.

    9 Yet the righteous hold to their way, and those with clean hands grow stronger.

  • 23 The wicked accept a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.

  • 21 Those who cause humanity to sin with a word, who set traps for the one who rebukes in the gate, and who twist justice by making the righteous nothing, will be judged.

  • 19 The path of the lazy is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the upright is smooth.

  • 6 Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in his ways and rich.

  • 4 A perverse heart will depart from me; I will not associate with evil.

  • 28 The heart of the righteous weighs its answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes evil.

  • 28 When the wicked rise, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.

  • 32 The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him.

  • 19 Evil people will bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • 26 The righteous choose their companions wisely, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • 4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the lamp of the wicked—is sin.

  • 1 The wicked flee when no one pursues them, but the righteous are as confident as a young lion.

  • 12 The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.

  • 2 A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but a person of wicked schemes is condemned.

  • 10 Bloodthirsty men hate the blameless, but the upright seek to preserve their life.

  • 2 Yet He is wise and brings disaster; He does not take back His words. He will rise against the house of evildoers and against the help of those who practice wickedness.

  • 30 There is no wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel that can stand against the LORD.

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    6 For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

  • 15 Will you keep to the ancient path that wicked men have walked?

  • 11 The house of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish.

  • 1 To the choirmaster, a servant of the Lord, a psalm of David.

  • 5 The thoughts of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.