Proverbs 19:27
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
In Context
26A son that dealeth shamefully and reproachfully will despoil his father, and chase away his mother.
28An ungodly witness mocketh at right; and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:1(13-2) If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams — and he give thee a sign or a wonder,
1 Kings 22:22And the LORD 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 shalt prevail also; go forth, and do so.
Proverbs 14:7Go from the presence of a foolish man, for thou wilt not perceive the lips of knowledge.
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 →