Proverbs 19:27
If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
In Context
26He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
28A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:1If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,
1 Kings 22:22And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’
Proverbs 14:7Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.
Matthew 16:6“Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Mark 4:24He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you.
John 10:5But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from him because they do not recognize his voice.”
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 →