Proverbs 19:27
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth [thee] to err from the sayings of knowledge.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
In Context
28An ungodly witness scorneth at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swalloweth mischief.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:1(13:2) If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he giveth thee a sign or a token,
1 Kings 22:22And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou wilt persuade him, and also prevail: go forth, and do so.
Proverbs 14:7Go far away from a foolish man, else thou wilt [never] know 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 →