Proverbs 19:27

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“If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.”

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BSBPD

“If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Cease, my son, to hear instruction Onlyto err from the words of knowledge.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Cease, my son, to hear instruction--To err from sayings of knowledge.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 19:27 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 13:1If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,
  2. 2 Samuel 13:5Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”
  3. 1 Kings 22:22And he replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.’ ‘You will surely entice him and prevail,’ said the LORD. ‘Go and do it.’
  4. 2 Chronicles 10:10The young men who had grown up with him replied, “This is how you should answer these people who said to you, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you should make it lighter.’ This is what you should tell them: ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist!
  5. Proverbs 14:7Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.
  6. Matthew 7:15Beware of false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
  7. Matthew 16:6“Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
  8. Matthew 16:12Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
  9. Mark 4:24He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you.
  10. Mark 7:6Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: ‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
  11. John 10:5But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will flee from him because they do not recognize his voice.”
  12. 2 Corinthians 11:13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
  13. Ephesians 4:14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed about by the waves and carried around by every wind of teaching and by the clever cunning of men in their deceitful scheming.
  14. 1 Timothy 4:7But reject irreverent, silly myths. Instead, train yourself for godliness.
  15. 1 Timothy 6:3If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
  16. 2 Peter 2:1Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
  17. 1 John 4:1Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
  18. 2 John 1:10If anyone comes to you but does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your home or even greet him.
  19. Revelation 2:2I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.

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