Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 21:29
Here is, 1. The presumption and impudence of a wicked man: He hardens his face?brazens it, that he may not blush?steels it, that he may not tremble when he commits the greatest crimes; he bids defiance to the terrors of the law and the checks of his own conscience, the reproofs of the word and the rebukes of Providence; he will have his way and nothing shall hinder him, Isa. 57:17. 2. The caution and circumspection of a good man: As for the upright, he does not say, What would I do? What have... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 21:28
Here is, 1. The doom of a false witness. He who, for favour to one side or malice to the other, gives in a false evidence, or makes an affidavit of that which he knows to be false, or at least does not know to be true, if it be discovered, his reputation will be ruined. A man may tell a lie perhaps in his haste; but he that gives a false testimony does it with deliberation and solemnity, and it cannot but be a presumptuous sin, and a forfeiture of man's credit. But, though he should not be... read more