Proverbs 19:27
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction which causeth to stray from the words of knowledge.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
In Context
28A witness of Belial scorneth judgment, and the mouth of the wicked swalloweth down iniquity.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:1If there arise among you a prophet, or one that dreameth dreams, and he give thee a sign or a wonder,
1 Kings 22:22And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice [him], and also succeed: go forth, and do so.
Proverbs 14:7Go from the presence of a foolish man, in whom thou perceivest not the lips of knowledge.
Matthew 16:6And Jesus said to them, See and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Mark 4:24And he said to them, Take heed what ye hear; with what measure ye mete, it shall be meted to you; and there shall be [more] added to you.
John 10:5But they will not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they know not 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 →