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Proverbs 19:27

Proverbs chapter 19 · verse 27 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.26He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

v.27This passage

v.28A worthless witness mocketh at justice; And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 13:1

    If there arise in the midst of thee a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give thee a sign or a wonder,

  • John 10:5

    And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

  • Proverbs 14:7

    Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

  • Mark 7:6

    And he said unto them, Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.

  • Revelation 2:2

    I know thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men, and didst try them that call themselves apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false;

  • 1 Kings 22:22

    And Jehovah said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.