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


In Context

24 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.

25 Flog a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke one who has understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

26 He who robs his father and drives away his mother, is a son who causes shame and brings reproach.

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

28 A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.

29 Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction which causeth to stray from 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 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.