Proverbs 19:27
Cease, my son, to hear instruction — To err from sayings of knowledge.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
In Context
26Whoso is spoiling a father causeth a mother to flee, A son causing shame, and bringing confusion.
28A worthless witness scorneth judgment, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 13:1'When there ariseth in your midst a prophet, or a dreamer of a dream, and he hath given unto thee a sign or wonder,
1 Kings 22:22and he saith, I go out, and have been a spirit of falsehood in the mouth of all his prophets; and He saith, Thou dost entice, and also thou art able; go out and do so.
Proverbs 14:7Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.
Matthew 16:6and Jesus said to them, 'Beware, and take heed of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees;'
Mark 4:24And he said to them, 'Take heed what ye hear; in what measure ye measure, it shall be measured to you; and to you who hear it shall be added;
John 10:5and a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they have not known 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 →