Proverbs 19:27
Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to err from the words of knowledge.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
In Context
28A worthless witness mocketh at judgment: and the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:1If 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 into the presence of a foolish man, and thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
Matthew 16:6And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Mark 4:24And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete it shall be measured unto you: and more shall be given unto you.
John 10:5And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for 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 →