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Proverbs 19:27 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 19 · verse 27
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.Proverbs 19:27 · King James Version
Proverbs 19:27 in context
25Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
26He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
28An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- instructionmûwçârproperly, chastisementH4148 →
- Ceasechâdalproperly, to be flabbyH2308 →
- wordsʼêmersomething saidH561 →
- hearshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- sonbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- errshâgâhto stray , usually to mistake, especially to transgressH7686 →
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This is a good caution to those that have had a good education to take heed of hearkening to those who, under pretence of instructing them, draw them off from those good principles under the influence of which they were trained up. Observe, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary