New King James Version
Proverbs 19:27
27Cease 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.
- 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 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 become wary; Rebuke one who has understanding, and he will discern knowledge. 26He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother Is a son who causes shame and brings reproach. Cease listening to instruction, my son, And you will stray from the words of knowledge. 28A disreputable witness scorns justice, And the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity. 29Judgments are prepared for scoffers, 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
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Cross-references for Proverbs 19:27
- Proverbs 14:7Go from the presence of a foolish man, When you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 13:1“If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder,
- 1 Kings 22:22The Lord said to him, ‘In what way?’ So he said, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ And the Lord said, ‘You shall persuade him, and also prevail. Go out and do so.’
- Matthew 7:15“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
- Matthew 16:6Then Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees.”
- Mark 4:24Then He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With the same measure you use, it will be measured to you; and to you who hear, more will be given.
- Mark 7:6He answered and 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 10:5Yet they will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him, for they do not know the voice of strangers.”
- 2 Corinthians 11:13For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ.
- Ephesians 4:14that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,
- 1 Timothy 4:7But reject profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise yourself toward godliness.
- 1 Timothy 6:3If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness,
- 2 Peter 2:1But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.
- 1 John 4:1Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
- 2 John 1:10If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into your house nor greet him;
- Revelation 2:2“I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars;
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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