Proverbs 19:27
If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
World English Bible British
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 robs his father and drives away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.
28A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:1If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises amongst you, and he gives you a sign or a wonder,
1 Kings 22:22The LORD said to him, ‘How?’ He said, ‘I will go out and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ He said, ‘You will entice him, and will also prevail. Go out and do so.’
Proverbs 14:7Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.
Matthew 16:6Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Mark 4:24He said to them, “Take heed what you hear. With whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you; and more will be given to you who hear.
John 10:5They will by no means follow a stranger, but will flee from him; for they don’t know 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 →