Proverbs 19:27
Cease not, O my son, to hear instruction, and be not ignorant of the words of knowledge.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
In Context
26He that afflicteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is infamous and unhappy.
28An unjust witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:1If there rise in the midst of thee a prophet or one that saith he hath dreamed a dream, and he foretell a sign and a wonder,
1 Kings 22:22And he said: I will go forth, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said: Thou shalt deceive him, and shalt prevail: a go forth, and do so.
Proverbs 14:7Go against a foolish man, and he knoweth not the lips of prudence.
Matthew 16:6Who said to them: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Mark 4:24And he said to them: Take heed what you hear. In what measure you shall mete, it shall be measured to you again, and more shall be given to you.
John 10:5But a stranger they follow not, but fly 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 →