English Standard Version
Proverbs 19:27
27Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
- New International Version (NIV)Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Cease listening to instruction, my son, And you will stray from the words of knowledge.
- New Living Translation (NLT)If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will turn your back on knowledge.
Context of Proverbs 19:27
25Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge. 26He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and reproach. Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge. 28A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity. 29Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and beating for the backs of fools.
Read all of Proverbs 19Proverbs 19:27 word by word
חַֽדַל־בְּ֭נִי לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ מוּסָ֑ר לִ֝שְׁג֗וֹת מֵֽאִמְרֵי־דָֽעַת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 19:27
- Proverbs 14:7Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 13:1"If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder,
- 1 Kings 22:22And the Lord said to him, 'By what means?' And he said, 'I will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' And he said, 'You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.'
- Matthew 7:15"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
- Matthew 16:6Jesus said to them, "Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
- Mark 4:24And he said to them, "Pay attention to what you hear: with the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and still more will be added to you.
- Mark 7:6And he said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, "'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;
- John 10:5A stranger they will not follow, but they will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers."
- 2 Corinthians 11:13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
- Ephesians 4:14so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
- 1 Timothy 4:7Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness;
- 1 Timothy 6:3If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness,
- 2 Peter 2:1But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
- 1 John 4:1Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.
- 2 John 1:10If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting,
- Revelation 2:2"'I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance, and how you cannot bear with those who are evil, but have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and found them to be false.
Commentaries on Proverbs 19:27
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Cease, my son - Hear nothing that would lead thee away from God and his truth.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27literally, Cease, my son, to hear instruction, that thou mayest err from the words of knowledge; advice given ironically to do that to which his weakness leads him, with a clear knowledge of the evil to which he is drifting.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27Verse 27 It is the wisdom of young men to dread hearing such talk as puts loose and evil principles into the mind.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. Avoid whatever leads from truth.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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