Proverbs 19:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חַֽדַל־בְּ֭נִי לִשְׁמֹ֣עַ מוּסָ֑ר לִ֝שְׁג֗וֹת מֵֽאִמְרֵי־דָֽעַת׃

Transliteration

ḥădal-bənî lišmōaʿ mūsār lišḡōt from ʾimrê-dāʿat.

Grammar Details

• *ḥădal*: verb, qal imperative, masculine singular - cease/stop
• *bənî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1st singular suffix - my son
• *lišmōaʿ*: verb, qal infinitive construct - to hear/listen
• *mūsār*: noun, masculine singular - discipline/instruction
• *lišḡōt*: verb, qal infinitive construct - to err/stray
• *ʾimrê*: noun, masculine plural construct - words of/sayings of
• *dāʿat*: noun, feminine singular - knowledge

Word Meanings

• *ḥădal*: cease/stop/refrain
• *bənî*: my son/male child
• *lišmōaʿ*: to hear/listen/hearken
• *mūsār*: discipline/instruction/correction
• *lišḡōt*: to err/stray/wander
• *ʾimrê*: words of/sayings of/speech of
• *dāʿat*: knowledge/understanding/discernment

Referenced Verses

• Deut 13:1-4 : 1 If there arise in the middle of you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give you a sign or a wonder, 2 and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spoke unto you, saying, Let us go after other gods, which you have not known, and let us serve them; 3 you shall not listen unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams: for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether you love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 You shall walk after Jehovah your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
• 1 Kgs 22:22-28 : 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. 23 Now therefore, behold, Jehovah hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets; and Jehovah hath spoken evil concerning thee. 24 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of Jehovah from me to speak unto thee? 25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. 26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; 27 and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace. 28 And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, Jehovah hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hear, ye peoples, all of you.
• Prov 14:7 : 7 Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive [in him] the lips of knowledge.
• Matt 7:15 : 15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
• Matt 16:6 : 6 And Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
• Matt 16:12 : 12 Then understood they that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
• Mark 4:24 : 24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete it shall be measured unto you; and more shall be given unto you.
• Mark 7:6-9 : 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. 7 But in vain do they worship me, Teaching [as their] doctrines the precepts of men. 8 Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men. 9 And he said unto them, Full well do ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your tradition. 10 For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death: 11 but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or his mother, That wherewith thou mightest have been profited by me is Corban, that is to say, Given [to God]; 12 ye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother; 13 making void the word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things ye do. 14 And he called to him the multitude again, and said unto them, Hear me all of you, and understand:
• John 10:5 : 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
• 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, fashioning themselves into apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for even Satan fashioneth himself into an angel of light. 15 It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.
• Eph 4:14 : 14 that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, {G3588} after the wiles of error;
• 1 Tim 4:7 : 7 but refuse profane and old wives' fables. And exercise thyself unto godliness:
• 1 Tim 6:3-5 : 3 If any man teacheth a different doctrine, and consenteth not to sound words, [even] the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; 4 he is puffed up, knowing nothing, but doting about questionings and disputes of words, whereof {G1537} cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, 5 wranglings of men corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, supposing that godliness is a way of gain.
• 2 Pet 2:1-2 : 1 But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of.
• 1 John 4:1 : 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
• 2 John 1:10 : 10 If any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into [your] house, and give him no greeting:
• Rev 2:2 : 2 I know thy works, and thy toil and {G4675} 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;