Proverbs 21:29

World English Bible (2000)

A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 11:5 : 5 The righteousness of the blameless will direct his way, but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness.
  • Prov 28:14 : 14 Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.
  • Prov 29:1 : 1 He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.
  • Jer 3:2-3 : 2 "Lift up your eyes to the bare heights, and see! Where have you not been lain with? You have sat for them by the ways, as an Arabian in the wilderness. You have polluted the land with your prostitution and with your wickedness. 3 Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; yet you have a prostitute's forehead, you refused to be ashamed.
  • Jer 5:3 : 3 O Yahweh, don't your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have 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 those who fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, says Yahweh.
  • Jer 44:16-17 : 16 As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of Yahweh, we will not listen to you. 17 But we will certainly perform every word that is gone forth out of our mouth, to burn incense to the queen of the sky, and to pour out drink offerings to 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 food, and were well, and saw no evil.
  • Ezek 18:28 : 28 Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
  • Hag 1:5 : 5 Now therefore this is what Yahweh of Armies says: Consider your ways.
  • Hag 1:7 : 7 This is what Yahweh of Armies says: "Consider your ways.
  • Hag 2:15 : 15 Now, please consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid on a stone in the temple of Yahweh.
  • Hag 2:18-19 : 18 'Consider, please, from this day and backward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, since the day that the foundation of Yahweh's temple was laid, consider it. 19 Is the seed yet in the barn? Yes, the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree haven't brought forth. From this day will I bless you.'"
  • Luke 15:17-18 : 17 But when he came to himself he said, 'How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough to spare, and I'm dying with hunger! 18 I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.
  • 1 Thess 3:11 : 11 Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you;
  • Ps 119:5 : 5 Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!
  • Ps 119:59 : 59 I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.

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    3 The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20 One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

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    14 Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

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    9 A man's heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

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    18 Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.

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    30 that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

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    17 The highway of the upright is to depart from evil. He who keeps his way preserves his soul.

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    8 Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

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    23 A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

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    4 A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

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    32 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

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    19 The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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    4 A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

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