Proverbs 21:29

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:5 : 5 The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
  • Prov 28:14 : 14 Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief.
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
  • Jer 3:2-3 : 2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness. 3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
  • Jer 5:3 : 3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have 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.
  • Jer 8:12 : 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.
  • Jer 44:16-17 : 16 As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. 17 But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
  • Ezek 18:28 : 28 Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
  • Hag 1:5 : 5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
  • Hag 1:7 : 7 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
  • Hag 2:15 : 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:
  • Hag 2:18-19 : 18 Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD'S temple was laid, consider it. 19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.
  • Luke 15:17-18 : 17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
  • 1 Thess 3:11 : 11 Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.
  • Ps 119:5 : 5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
  • Ps 119:59 : 59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

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  • Prov 21:7-8
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    7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.

    8 The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

  • 1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • 9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

  • 29 The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

  • 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

  • 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

  • 12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.

  • 6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

  • 15 Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

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    29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

    30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

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    19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

    20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

  • 3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

  • 20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

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

  • 2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

  • 9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

  • 18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

  • Job 21:30-31
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    30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

    31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?

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

  • 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

  • 10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.

  • 17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.

  • Job 17:8-9
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    8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

    9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

  • 23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

  • 21 That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.

  • 19 The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.

  • 6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

  • 4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

  • 28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

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

  • 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

  • 19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

  • 26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

  • 4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

  • 1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

  • 12 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.

  • 2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

  • 10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

  • 2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

  • 30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

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    6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

  • 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?

  • 11 The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

  • 1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

  • 5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.