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Proverbs 19:27
27Stop listening to 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will turn your back on knowledge.
Context of Proverbs 19:27
25Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge. 26Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace. Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge. 28A corrupt witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil. 29Penalties are prepared for mockers, and beatings 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 14:7Stay away from a fool, for you will not find knowledge on their lips.
- Deuteronomy 13:1If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a sign or wonder,
- 1 Kings 22:22“ ‘By what means?’ the Lord asked. “ ‘I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouths of all his prophets,’ he said. “ ‘You will succeed in enticing him,’ said the Lord. ‘Go and do it.’
- Matthew 7:15“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
- Matthew 16:6“Be careful,” Jesus said to them. “Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
- Mark 4:24“Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more.
- Mark 7:6He replied, “Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: “ ‘These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me.
- John 10:5But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.”
- 2 Corinthians 11:13For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
- Ephesians 4:14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.
- 1 Timothy 4:7Have nothing to do with godless myths and old wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly.
- 1 Timothy 6:3If anyone teaches otherwise and does not agree to the sound instruction of our Lord Jesus Christ and to godly teaching,
- 2 Peter 2:1But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
- 1 John 4:1Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether 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 take them into your house or welcome them.
- Revelation 2:2I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them 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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