Proverbs 21:29
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The wicked man impudently hardeneth his face: but he that is righteous, correcteth his way.

hardeneth

Proverbs 28:14 Blessed is the man that is always fearful: but he that is hardened in mind shall fall into evil.

Proverbs 29:1 The man that with a stiff neck despiseth him that reproveth him, shall suddenly be destroyed: and health shall not follow him.

Jeremiah 3:2,3 Lift up thy eyes on high: and see where thou hast not prostituted thyself: thou didst sit in the ways, waiting for them as a robber in the wilderness: and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications, and with thy wickedness. . . .

Jeremiah 5:3 O Lord, thy eyes are upon truth: thou hast struck them, and they have not grieved: thou hast bruised them, and they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than the rock, and they have refused to return.

Jeremiah 8:12 They are confounded, because they have committed abomination: yea rather they are not confounded with confusion, and they have not known how to blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall; in the time of their visitation they shall fall, saith the Lord.

Jeremiah 44:16,17 As for the word which thou hast spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not hearken to thee: . . .

he directeth

Proverbs 11:5 The justice of the righteous shall deliver them: and the unjust shall be caught in their own snares.

Psalm 119:59 I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

Ezekiel 18:28 Because he considereth and turneth away himself from all his iniquities which he hath wrought, he shall surely live, and not die.

Haggai 1:5,7 And now thus saith the Lord of hosts: Set your hearts to consider your ways. . . .

Haggai 2:15,18,19 And now consider in your hearts, from this day and upward, before there was a stone laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord. . . .

Luke 15:17,18 And returning to himself, he said: How many hired servants in my father's house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger! . . .

1 Thessalonians 3:11 Now God himself and our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.

Context
The King's Heart
28A lying witness shall perish: an obedient man shall speak of victory. 29The wicked man impudently hardeneth his face: but he that is righteous, correcteth his way.30There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord.…
Cross References
Psalm 119:5
O! that my ways may be directed to keep thy justifications.

Proverbs 7:13
I vowed victims for prosperity, this day I have paid my vows.

Proverbs 11:5
The justice of the righteous shall deliver them: and the unjust shall be caught in their own snares.

Ecclesiastes 8:1
The wisdom of a man shineth in his countenance, and the most mighty will change his face.

Lexicon
A wicked
רָשָׁ֣ע (rā·šā‘)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

man
אִ֣ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

hardens
הֵעֵ֬ז (hê·‘êz)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5810: To be strong

his face,
בְּפָנָ֑יו (bə·p̄ā·nāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

but the upright [man]
וְ֝יָשָׁ֗ר (wə·yā·šār)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3477: Straight, right

makes
יָבִ֬ין (yā·ḇîn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3559: To be erect

his way {sure}.
דַּרְכּֽוֹ׃ (dar·kōw)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action


Additional Translations
A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.A wicked man hardens his face: but as for the upright, he directs his way.

A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.

An ungodly man impudently withstands with his face; but the upright man himself understands his ways.

A wicked man hardeneth his face; but as for the upright, he establisheth his way.

A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he ordereth his ways.

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

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

A wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright -- he prepareth his way.
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