Proverbs 21:29 · KJV
“A wicked man hardeneth his face: but {as for} the upright, he directeth his way. {directeth: or, considereth}”
— Proverbs 21:29
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. {A...: Heb. A witness of lies}
{There is} no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Proverbs 21 — Context
The sacrifice of the wicked {is} abomination: how much more, {when} he bringeth it with a wicked mind? {with...: Heb. in wickedness?}
28A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. {A...: Heb. A witness of lies}
29A wicked man hardeneth his face: but {as for} the upright, he directeth his way. {directeth: or, considereth}
30{There is} no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
31The horse {is} prepared against the day of battle: but safety {is} of the LORD. {safety: or, victory}
Cross References
Haggai 1:7
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. {Consider...: Heb. Set your heart on your ways}
1 Thessalonians 3:11
Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. {direct: or, guide}
Proverbs 11:5
The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. {direct: Heb. rectify}
Proverbs 29:1
He, that being often reproved hardeneth {his} neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. {He...: Heb. A man of reproofs}
Jeremiah 5:3
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.
Haggai 2:18-19
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}.
Jeremiah 44:16-17
{As for} the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.
Jeremiah 8:12
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. {I will...: or, In gathering I will consume}