Proverbs 19:27

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

Proverbs 19:27 in Other Translations

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

27 Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

27 If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will turn your back on knowledge.

27 If you quit listening, dear child, and strike off on your own, you'll soon be out of your depth.

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

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

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

27 My son, if you stop listening to what I teach you, you will wander away from the words of knowledge.

Proverbs 19:27 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 19:27

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction
The counsel of bad men, or the doctrine of false teachers. The words are spoken either by Solomon to his son; or by Wisdom, that is, Christ, to everyone of his children, to beware of false prophets, and take heed what they hear; see ( Matthew 7:15 ) ( Mark 4:24 ) ; such as the doctrines of the church of Rome; concerning the Scriptures, forbidding the people to read them; setting unwritten traditions upon a level with them, and making the pope an infallible interpreter of them; concerning merit, works of supererogation, indulgences, pardons, penance, purgatory such as the instruction of the Arians, Sabellians, Socinians, Pelagians, and Arminians, concerning the Trinity, the deity of Christ, his satisfaction, imputed righteousness, the power and purity of human nature, and man's free will; [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge;
the words of the living God, the Scriptures of truth; which communicate knowledge, and are profitable for instruction in righteousness; are the means of the true knowledge of God; that there is one, and that he is possessed of all perfections: particularly that he is gracious and merciful, and pardons all manner of sin; that he is in Christ, the God of all grace; that he is the God and Father of Christ, and the covenant God and Father of all his people in him; they give knowledge of his mind and will concerning the salvation of men, and of his ways and worship. The wholesome words of our Lord Jesus, the salutary doctrines of the Gospel, may be here meant; those words of grace, wisdom, and knowledge, which come from him, and give knowledge of his person, offices, relations, incarnation, and blessings of grace by him; from whence they are called the word of peace and reconciliation, the word of righteousness, the word of life, and the word of salvation. Now these are all words of knowledge; and are the means of a spiritual, experimental, and fiducial knowledge of Christ, which is preferable to all other knowledge, and even to everything in the world; and therefore care should be taken, and everything avoided that tends to cause to err from these words and doctrines, which convey, promote, and improve this knowledge. Jarchi and Aben Ezra transpose the words, thus;

``cease, my son, to err from the words of knowledge, to or that thou mayest hear instruction and the latter makes mention of such an interpretation, cease, my son, from the words of knowledge, if thou wouldest hear instruction, and after that err:''

that is, better never hear and know at all, than to turn from those doctrines and instructions; see ( 2 Peter 2:20 2 Peter 2:21 ) .

Proverbs 19:27 In-Context

25 Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.

26 Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace.

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

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

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

Cross References

• 1. S Proverbs 1:8