Proverbs 19:27
A son who ceases to attend to the instruction of a father will cherish evil designs.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:1And if there arise within you a prophet, or one who dreams a dream, and he gives you a sign or a wonder,
1 Kings 22:22And the Lord said to him, Whereby? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a false spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, You shall deceive him, yes, and shall prevail: go forth, and do so.
Proverbs 14:7All things are adverse to a foolish man; but wise lips are the weapons of discretion.
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 →