New English Translation
Proverbs 19:27
27If you stop listening to instruction, my child, 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Cease to hear 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.
Context of Proverbs 19:27
25Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge. 26The one who robs his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace. If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge. 28A crooked witness scorns justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity. 29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and floggings 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 foolish person, or you will not understand wise counsel.
- Deuteronomy 13:1Suppose a prophet or one who foretells by dreams should appear among you and show you a sign or wonder,
- 1 Kings 22:22He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ The Lord said, ‘Deceive and overpower him. Go out and do as you have proposed.’
- Matthew 7:15“Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.
- Matthew 16:6“Watch out,” Jesus said to them, “beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
- Mark 4:24And he said to them, “Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you.
- Mark 7:6He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
- John 10:5They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not recognize the stranger’s voice.”
- 2 Corinthians 11:13For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
- Ephesians 4:14So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes.
- 1 Timothy 4:7But reject those myths fit only for the godless and gullible, and train yourself for godliness.
- 1 Timothy 6:3If someone spreads false teachings and does not agree with sound words (that is, those of our Lord Jesus Christ) and with the teaching that accords with godliness,
- 2 Peter 2:1But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves.
- 1 John 4:1Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because 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 and do not give him any greeting,
- Revelation 2:2‘I know your works as well as your labor and steadfast endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil. You have even put to the test those who refer to themselves as apostles (but are not), and have discovered that they are 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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