27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction which causeth to stray from the words of knowledge.


In Context

24 A sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not even bring it to his mouth again.

25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware; reprove the intelligent, and he will understand knowledge.

26 He that ruineth his father and chaseth away his mother is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction which causeth to stray from the words of knowledge.

28 A witness of Belial scorneth judgment, and the mouth of the wicked swalloweth down iniquity.

29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of the foolish.

Proverbs 19:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:27Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:27Cease, my son, to hear instruction Only to err from the words of knowledge.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:27Cease not, O my son, to hear instruction, and be not ignorant of the words of knowledge.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:27Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to err from the words of knowledge.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:27If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:27Cease, my son, to hear instruction — To err from sayings of knowledge.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causes to err from the words of knowledge.