Proverbs 21:29

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

A wicked person has put on a bold face, but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:5 : 5 The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.
  • Prov 28:14 : 14 Blessed is the one who is always cautious, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into evil.
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.
  • Jer 3:2-3 : 2 “Look up at the hilltops and consider this. Where have you not been ravished? You waited for those gods like a thief lying in wait in the wilderness. You defiled the land by your wicked prostitution to other gods. 3 That is why the rains have been withheld, and the spring rains have not come. Yet in spite of this you are obstinate as a prostitute. You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done.
  • Jer 5:3 : 3 LORD, I know you look for faithfulness. But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected. They have become as hardheaded as a rock. They refuse to change their ways.
  • Jer 8:12 : 12 Are they ashamed because they have done such disgusting things? No, they are not at all ashamed! They do not even know how to blush! So they will die just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them, says the LORD.
  • Jer 44:16-17 : 16 “We will not listen to what you claim the LORD has spoken to us! 17 Instead we will do everything we vowed we would do. We will sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the goddess called the Queen of Heaven just as we and our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders previously did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and had no troubles.
  • Ezek 18:28 : 28 Because he considered and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die.
  • Hag 1:5 : 5 Here then, this is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said:‘Think carefully about what you are doing.
  • Hag 1:7 : 7 The Instruction of the People“Moreover, this is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said:‘Pay close attention to these things also.
  • Hag 2:15 : 15 Now therefore reflect carefully on the recent past, before one stone was laid on another in the LORD’s temple.
  • Hag 2:18-19 : 18 ‘Think carefully about the past: from today, the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, to the day work on the temple of the LORD was resumed, think about it. 19 The seed is still in the storehouse, isn’t it? And the vine, fig tree, pomegranate, and olive tree have not produced. Nevertheless, from today 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 workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger! 18 I will get up and go to my father and say to him,“Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
  • 1 Thess 3:11 : 11 Now may God our Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you.
  • Ps 119:5 : 5 If only I were predisposed to keep your statutes!
  • Ps 119:59 : 59 I consider my actions and follow your rules.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 21:7-8
    2 verses
    77%

    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

    8The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright.

  • Prov 29:1
    77%

    1The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy.

  • Prov 10:9
    77%

    9The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out.

  • Prov 10:29
    76%

    29The way of the LORD is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers.

  • Prov 29:27
    76%

    27An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Prov 11:3
    76%

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

  • Prov 21:12
    76%

    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

  • Prov 13:6
    76%

    6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 13:15
    75%

    15Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the treacherous ends in destruction.

  • Prov 16:29-30
    2 verses
    75%

    29A violent person entices his neighbor, and then leads him down a path that is terrible.

    30The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips has accomplished evil.

  • Prov 11:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

    20The LORD abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.

  • Prov 19:3
    75%

    3A person’s folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Prov 17:20
    74%

    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

  • Prov 28:14
    74%

    14Blessed is the one who is always cautious, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into evil.

  • Prov 14:2
    74%

    2The one who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is perverted in his ways despises him.

  • Prov 16:9
    74%

    9A person plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.

  • Prov 28:18
    74%

    18The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once.

  • Job 21:30-31
    2 verses
    74%

    30that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God’s wrath?

    31No one denounces his conduct to his face; no one repays him for what he has done.

  • Prov 11:5
    74%

    5The righteousness of the blameless will make their way smooth, but the wicked will fall through their own wickedness.

  • Prov 21:2
    73%

    2All of a person’s ways seem right in his own opinion, but the LORD evaluates his thoughts.

  • Prov 28:10
    73%

    10The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.

  • Prov 16:17
    73%

    17The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

  • Job 17:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8Upright men are appalled at this; the innocent man is troubled with the godless.

    9But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.

  • Prov 17:23
    73%

    23A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Isa 29:21
    73%

    21those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

  • Prov 15:19
    73%

    19The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway.

  • Prov 28:6
    73%

    6A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

  • Ps 101:4
    73%

    4I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; I will not permit evil.

  • Prov 15:28
    73%

    28The heart of the righteous considers how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

  • Prov 28:28
    73%

    28When the wicked gain control, people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.

  • Ps 37:32
    73%

    32Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them.

  • Prov 14:19
    72%

    19Bad people have bowed before good people, and wicked people have bowed at the gates of someone righteous.

  • Prov 12:26
    72%

    26The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

  • Prov 21:4
    72%

    4Haughty eyes and a proud heart– what the wicked cultivate is sin.

  • Prov 28:1
    72%

    1Α wicked person fled, though no one was pursuing, but the righteous person can be as confident as a lion.

  • Prov 27:12
    72%

    12A shrewd person saw danger–he hid himself; the naive passed right on by– they had to pay for it.

  • Prov 12:2
    72%

    2A good person obtains favor from the LORD, but the LORD condemns a person with wicked schemes.

  • Prov 29:10
    72%

    10Bloodthirsty people hate someone with integrity; as for the upright, they seek his life.

  • Isa 31:2
    72%

    2Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.

  • Prov 21:30
    72%

    30There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the LORD.

  • Ps 1:6
    72%

    6Certainly the LORD guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction.

  • Job 22:15
    72%

    15Will you keep to the old path that evil men have walked–

  • Prov 14:11
    72%

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

  • Ps 36:1
    72%

    1For the music director; written by the LORD’s servant, David; an oracle. An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God,

  • Prov 12:5
    72%

    5The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.