Proverbs 19:27
To err from the words of knowledge, cease, my son, to hear instruction.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
In Context
28A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:1If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives thee a sign or a wonder,
1 Kings 22:22And LORD said to him, With what? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shall entice him, and shall also prevail. Go forth, and do so.
Proverbs 14:7Go into the presence of a foolish man, and thou shall not perceive the lips of knowledge.
Matthew 16:6And Jesus said to them, Watch and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Mark 4:24And he said to them, Watch what ye hear. By what measure ye measure, it will be measured to you, and to those who hear, it will be added to you.
John 10:5And they will, no, not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they do not recognize the voice of strangers.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 19:27
26 He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. Here is, 1. The sin of a prodigal son. Besides the wrong he does to himself, he is injurious to his good parents, and basely ungrateful to those that were instruments of his being and have taken so much care and pains about him, which is a great aggravation of his sin and renders it exceedingly sinful in the eyes of God and man: He wastes is father, wastes his estate which he should have to support him… Read the whole commentary →