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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/proverbs/19.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/proverbs/19.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/proverbs/19.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will turn your back on knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/proverbs/19.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/proverbs/19.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Cease, my son, to hear the instruction <i>that causeth</i> to err from the words of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/proverbs/19.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Cease listening to instruction, my son, And you will stray from the words of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/proverbs/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Stop listening, my son, to discipline, <i>And you will</i> stray from the words of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/proverbs/19.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Cease listening, my son, to discipline, And you will stray from the words of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/proverbs/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Cease listening, my son, to discipline, <i>And you will</i> stray from the words of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/proverbs/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Cease listening, my son, to discipline, <i>And you will</i> stray from the words of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/proverbs/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Cease listening, my son, to instruction <i>and</i> discipline <i>And you will</i> stray from the words of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/proverbs/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you stop listening to correction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/proverbs/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you stop listening to correction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/proverbs/19.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Cease, my son, to hear instruction Only to err from the words of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/proverbs/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If you stop learning, you will forget what you already know. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/proverbs/19.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to err from the words of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/proverbs/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/proverbs/19.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />My child, when you stop learning, you will soon neglect what you already know. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/proverbs/19.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />My son, if you stop listening to instruction, you will stray from the principles of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/proverbs/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/proverbs/19.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/proverbs/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/proverbs/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/proverbs/19.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/proverbs/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Cease, my son, to hear instruction—To err from sayings of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/proverbs/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Cease, my son, to hear instruction -- To err from sayings of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/proverbs/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Cease, my son, to hear instructions for erring from the words of knowledge.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/proverbs/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Cease not, O my son, to hear instruction, and be not ignorant of the words of knowledge. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/proverbs/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Son, do not cease listening to doctrine, and do not be ignorant of the sermons of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/proverbs/19.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />My son, stop attending to correction; start straying from words of knowledge. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/proverbs/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Cease straying, my child, from the words of knowledge, in order that you may hear instruction.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/proverbs/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Wait, my son, and hear the instruction, and do not forget the words of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/proverbs/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Stop, my son, and hear instruction, and do not forget the speech of knowledge.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/proverbs/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Cease, my son, to hear the instruction That causeth to err from the words of knowledge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/proverbs/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />A son who ceases to attend to the instruction of a father will cherish evil designs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/proverbs/19-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kpUA5ZltBeQ?start=3902" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/proverbs/19.htm">The Man of Integrity</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">26</span>He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace. <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2308.htm" title="2308: ḥa·ḏal- (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To cease. A primitive root; properly, to be flabby, i.e. desist; be lacking or idle.">If you cease</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: liš·mō·a‘ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">to hear</a> <a href="/hebrew/4148.htm" title="4148: mū·sār (N-ms) -- Discipline, chastening, correction. From yacar; properly, chastisement; figuratively, reproof, warning or instruction; also restraint.">instruction,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nī (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">my son,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7686.htm" title="7686: liš·ḡō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; to stray, usually to mistake, especially to transgress; by extension to reel, be enraptured.">you will stray</a> <a href="/hebrew/561.htm" title="561: mê·’im·rê- (Prep-m:: N-mpc) -- Speech, word. From 'amar; something said.">from the words</a> <a href="/hebrew/1847.htm" title="1847: ḏā·‘aṯ (N-fs) -- Knowledge. From yada'; knowledge.">of knowledge.</a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-22.htm">James 1:22-25</a></span><br />Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves. / For anyone who hears the word but does not carry it out is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror, / and after observing himself goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm">2 Timothy 4:3-4</a></span><br />For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. / So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/5-11.htm">Hebrews 5:11-14</a></span><br />We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing. / Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food! / For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-24.htm">Matthew 7:24-27</a></span><br />Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock. / But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1-3</a></span><br />Now 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. / Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. / In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">1 Timothy 4:1-2</a></span><br />Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, / influenced by the hypocrisy of liars, whose consciences are seared with a hot iron.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Romans 1:28-32</a></span><br />Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. / They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/2-10.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:10-12</a></span><br />and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. / For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, / in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/4-6.htm">1 John 4:6</a></span><br />We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-17.htm">Ephesians 4:17-19</a></span><br />So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. / They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts. / Having lost all sense of shame, they have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity, with a craving for more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-9.htm">Isaiah 30:9-11</a></span><br />These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. / They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. / Get out of the way; turn off the road. Rid us of the Holy One of Israel!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-16.htm">Jeremiah 6:16-19</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’ / I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’ / Therefore hear, O nations, and learn, O congregations, what will happen to them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a></span><br />My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/8-11.htm">Amos 8:11-12</a></span><br />Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD. / People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/7-11.htm">Zechariah 7:11-12</a></span><br />But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. / They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causes to err from the words of knowledge.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/14-7.htm">Proverbs 14:7</a></b></br> Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not <i>in him</i> the lips of knowledge.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/13-1.htm">Deuteronomy 13:1-4</a></b></br> If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/22-22.htm">1 Kings 22:22-28</a></b></br> And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade <i>him</i>, and prevail also: go forth, and do so… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/17-4.htm">Attention</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-26.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-18.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-20.htm">Discipline</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-10.htm">Err</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-23.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-20.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-20.htm">Instruction</a> <a href="/proverbs/18-13.htm">Listening</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-24.htm">Sayings</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-14.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-25.htm">Stray</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-20.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-3.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-25.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/proverbs/22-17.htm">Attention</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-8.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-3.htm">Cease</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-15.htm">Discipline</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-10.htm">Err</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-16.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/proverbs/20-12.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-6.htm">Instruction</a> <a href="/proverbs/25-12.htm">Listening</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-17.htm">Sayings</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-10.htm">Stop</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-5.htm">Stray</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-17.htm">Teaching</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-1.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-12.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Proverbs 19</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/proverbs/19-1.htm">Life and Conduct</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/19.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/proverbs/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/proverbs/19.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>If you cease to hear instruction</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the importance of continuous learning and receptiveness to guidance. In the biblical context, "instruction" often refers to the teachings of wisdom, which are rooted in the fear of the Lord (<a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">Proverbs 1:7</a>). The Hebrew culture highly valued the role of a teacher or mentor, often seen in the relationship between a father and son. The act of ceasing to hear instruction implies a deliberate choice to turn away from wisdom, which is a recurring theme in Proverbs. This can be connected to the New Testament, where Paul advises Timothy to continue in what he has learned (<a href="/2_timothy/3-14.htm">2 Timothy 3:14</a>).<p><b>my son</b><br>The use of "my son" is a common literary device in Proverbs, indicating a personal and intimate form of address. It reflects the familial context in which wisdom was traditionally passed down. This phrase suggests a relationship of care and responsibility, akin to the relationship between God and His people. In a broader sense, it can be seen as a type of Christ, who is the ultimate embodiment of wisdom and the Son of God, offering instruction to His followers.<p><b>you will stray from the words of knowledge</b><br>Straying from the "words of knowledge" implies a departure from truth and understanding. In the historical context, the Israelites were often warned against straying from God's commandments, which were seen as the ultimate source of knowledge and life (<a href="/deuteronomy/30-16.htm">Deuteronomy 30:16-18</a>). The phrase suggests a path of moral and spiritual decline, akin to the warnings found in the prophets about Israel's unfaithfulness. In the New Testament, this can be related to the parable of the sower, where some seeds fall away due to lack of understanding (<a href="/matthew/13-19.htm">Matthew 13:19</a>). The "words of knowledge" are ultimately fulfilled in Christ, who is described as the Word made flesh (<a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>), offering the ultimate knowledge of God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of Proverbs, Solomon was the son of King David and known for his wisdom. He wrote Proverbs to impart wisdom and instruction.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/my_son.htm">My Son</a></b><br>This phrase is often used in Proverbs to address the reader in a personal and relational manner, suggesting a fatherly or mentoring relationship.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/instruction.htm">Instruction</a></b><br>In the context of Proverbs, instruction refers to the teachings and guidance that lead to wisdom and understanding.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/w/words_of_knowledge.htm">Words of Knowledge</a></b><br>This phrase refers to the truths and insights that come from God’s wisdom, as opposed to human understanding.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_continual_learning.htm">The Importance of Continual Learning</a></b><br>As believers, we must remain open to instruction and learning. Ceasing to seek wisdom leads to spiritual stagnation and straying from God’s truth.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/guarding_against_complacency.htm">Guarding Against Complacency</a></b><br>It is easy to become complacent in our spiritual journey. We must actively pursue knowledge and wisdom to stay aligned with God’s will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_community_in_instruction.htm">The Role of Community in Instruction</a></b><br>Engaging with a community of believers provides accountability and encouragement to continue in the pursuit of wisdom and instruction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_ignoring_instruction.htm">The Consequences of Ignoring Instruction</a></b><br>Ignoring instruction can lead to a gradual drift away from God’s truth, resulting in poor decision-making and spiritual decline.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_value_of_godly_wisdom.htm">The Value of Godly Wisdom</a></b><br>Godly wisdom is a treasure that guides us in all areas of life. We should prioritize seeking and applying it daily.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_proverbs_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Proverbs 19</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_proverbs_1_devalue_secular_ethics.htm">Does the insistence on divine wisdom in Proverbs 1 undermine the value and validity of secular ethics or knowledge sources?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_proverbs_19_27_align_with_science.htm">Proverbs 19:27 warns against ceasing instruction--how does this ancient wisdom reconcile with modern science and ongoing discoveries that challenge traditional beliefs?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_prov._24_27_conflict_with_archaeology.htm">Proverbs 24:27: Does the instruction to 'finish your outdoor work' before building a house conflict with archaeological evidence of ancient settlement patterns?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_we_learn_to_value_our_time.htm">What are presumptuous sins?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/proverbs/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(27) <span class= "bld">Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err </span>. . .--Or the passage may mean, <span class= "ital">Cease to hear instruction if you are only going to err afterwards</span>--Make up your mind what you are intending to do hereafter, and act now accordingly; better not know the truth than learn it only to desert it. (Comp. <a href="/2_peter/2-21.htm" title="For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them.">2Peter 2:21</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/proverbs/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.</span> This version fairly represents the terse original, if <span class="accented">musar</span>, "instruction," be taken in a bad sense, like the "profane and vain babblings and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called," censured by St. Paul (<a href="/1_timothy/6-20.htm">1 Timothy 6:20</a>). But as <span class="accented">musar</span> is used in a good sense throughout this book, it is better to regard the injunction as warning against listening to wise teaching with no intention of profiting by it: "Cease to hear instruction in order to err," etc.; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> if you are only going to continue your evil doings. You will only increase your guilt by knowing the way of righteousness perfectly, while you refuse to walk therein. The Vulgate inserts a negation, "Cease not to hear doctrine, and be not ignorant of the war, is of knowledge;" Septuagint, "A son who fails to keep the instruction of his father will meditate evil sayings." Solomon's son Rehoboam greatly needed the admonition contained in this verse. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/proverbs/19-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">If you cease</span><br /><span class="heb">חַֽדַל־</span> <span class="translit">(ḥa·ḏal-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2308.htm">Strong's 2308: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to hear</span><br /><span class="heb">לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ</span> <span class="translit">(liš·mō·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">instruction,</span><br /><span class="heb">מוּסָ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(mū·sār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4148.htm">Strong's 4148: </a> </span><span class="str2">Chastisement, reproof, warning, instruction, restraint</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my son,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּ֭נִי‪‬</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you will stray</span><br /><span class="heb">לִ֝שְׁג֗וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(liš·ḡō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7686.htm">Strong's 7686: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stray, to mistake, to transgress, to reel, be enraptured</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the words</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵֽאִמְרֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’im·rê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_561.htm">Strong's 561: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something said</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of knowledge.</span><br /><span class="heb">דָֽעַת׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḏā·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1847.htm">Strong's 1847: </a> </span><span class="str2">Knowledge</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/proverbs/19-27.htm">Proverbs 19:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/proverbs/19-27.htm">Proverbs 19:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/proverbs/19-27.htm">Proverbs 19:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/proverbs/19-27.htm">Proverbs 19:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/proverbs/19-27.htm">Proverbs 19:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/proverbs/19-27.htm">Proverbs 19:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/proverbs/19-27.htm">Proverbs 19:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/proverbs/19-27.htm">Proverbs 19:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/proverbs/19-27.htm">Proverbs 19:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/proverbs/19-27.htm">Proverbs 19:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/proverbs/19-27.htm">OT Poetry: Proverbs 19:27 If you stop listening to instruction my (Prov. 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