Proverbs 21:29
A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.
BSB
ASV
A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.
KJV
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.
The impious man insolently stiffens his face, etc. Judas, because he was impious in heart, although reproved by the Lord himself, did not wish to restrain his evil beginnings; but Peter, because he was upright in heart, that is, a lover of uprightness, corrected himself …
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Haggai 1:7This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
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I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
Now this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways.
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1 Thessalonians 3:11Now may our God and Father Himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
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Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
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Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than…
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“I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”
Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from…
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Jeremiah 8:12Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish…
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Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed.
Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish…