Proverbs 19:27
Cease, my son, to listen to the instruction That causeth thee to wander from the words of knowledge!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
In Context
26The son that causeth shame and disgrace doeth violence to his father, And chaseth away his mother.
28A worthless witness scoffeth at justice, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth down iniquity.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:7Go from the presence of a foolish man; For thou hast not perceived in him the lips of knowledge.
Matthew 16:6And Jesus 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 ye hear. With what measure ye mete, it will be measured to you, and more will be added to you.
John 10:5But a stranger they will not follow, 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 →