Proverbs 19:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 13:1-4 : 1 If ever you have among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams and he gives you a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign or the wonder takes place, and he says to you, Let us go after other gods, which are strange to you, and give them worship; 3 Then give no attention to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God is testing you, to see if all the love of your heart and soul is given to him. 4 But keep on in the ways of the Lord your God, fearing him and keeping his orders and hearing his voice, worshipping him and being true to him.
  • 1 Kgs 22:22-28 : 22 And the Lord said, How? And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so. 23 And now, see, the Lord has put a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and the Lord has said evil against you. 24 Then Zedekiah, the son of Chenaanah, came near and gave Micaiah a blow on the side of the face, saying, Where is the spirit of the Lord whose word is in you? 25 And Micaiah said, Truly, you will see on that day when you go into an inner room to keep yourself safe. 26 And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah and send him back to Amon, the ruler of the town, and to Joash, the king's son; 27 And say, It is the king's order that this man is to be put in prison and given prison food till I come again in peace. 28 And Micaiah said, If you come back at all in peace, the Lord has not sent his word by me.
  • Prov 14:7 : 7 Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.
  • Matt 7:15 : 15 Be on the watch for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inside they are cruel wolves.
  • Matt 16:6 : 6 And Jesus said to them, Take care to have nothing to do with the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
  • Matt 16:12 : 12 Then they saw that it was not the leaven of bread which he had in mind, but the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
  • Mark 4:24 : 24 And he said to them, Take care what you give ear to: in the same measure as you give you will get, and more will be given to you.
  • Mark 7:6-9 : 6 And he said, Well did Isaiah say of you, you false ones: These people give me honour with their lips, but their heart is far from me. 7 But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their teaching the rules of men. 8 For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men. 9 And he said to them, Truly you put on one side the law of God, so that you may keep the rules which have been handed down to you. 10 For Moses said, Give honour to your father and mother, and, He who says evil of father or mother, let him have the punishment of death: 11 But you say, If a man says to his father or his mother, That by which you might have had profit from me is Corban, that is to say, Given to God, 12 You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother; 13 Making the word of God of no effect by your rule, which you have given: and a number of other such things you do. 14 And turning to the people again, he said to them, Give ear to me all of you, and let my words be clear to you:
  • John 10:5 : 5 They will not go after another who is not their keeper, but will go from him in flight, because his voice is strange to them.
  • 2 Cor 11:13-15 : 13 For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ. 14 And it is no wonder; for even Satan himself is able to take the form of an angel of light. 15 So it is no great thing if his servants make themselves seem to be servants of righteousness; whose end will be the reward of their works.
  • Eph 4:14 : 14 So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;
  • 1 Tim 4:7 : 7 But have nothing to do with unclean and foolish stories. Give yourself training in religion:
  • 1 Tim 6:3-5 : 3 If any man gives different teaching, not in agreement with the true words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the teaching which is in agreement with true religion, 4 He has an over-high opinion of himself; being without knowledge, having only an unhealthy love of questionings and wars of words, from which come envy, fighting, cruel words, evil thoughts, 5 Bitter talk of men who, being evil in mind and dead to what is true, take the faith to be a way of making profit.
  • 2 Pet 2:1-2 : 1 But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it. 2 And a great number will go with them in their evil ways, through whom the true way will have a bad name.
  • 1 John 4:1 : 1 My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.
  • 2 John 1:10 : 10 If anyone comes to you not having this teaching, do not take him into your house or give him words of love:
  • Rev 2:2 : 2 I have knowledge of your doings, and of your hard work and long waiting, and that you will not put up with evil men, and have put to the test those who say they are Apostles and are not, and have seen that they are false;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 1:7-8
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    7 The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

    8 My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:

  • Prov 19:25-26
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    25 When blows overtake the man of pride, the simple will get sense; say sharp words to the wise, and knowledge will be made clear to him.

    26 He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.

  • Prov 5:7
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    7 Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.

  • Prov 23:12
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    12 Give your heart to teaching, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Prov 1:15
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    15 My son, do not go with them; keep your feet from their ways:

  • Prov 4:1-2
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    1 Give ear, my sons, to the teaching of a father; give attention so that you may have knowledge:

    2 For I give you good teaching; do not give up the knowledge you are getting from me.

  • Prov 6:20
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    20 My son, keep the rule of your father, and have in memory the teaching of your mother:

  • Prov 17:25
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    25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

  • Prov 23:19
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    19 Give ear, my son, and be wise, guiding your heart in the right way.

  • Prov 13:1
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    1 A wise son is a lover of teaching, but the ears of the haters of authority are shut to sharp words.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5 A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

  • Prov 4:20
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    20 My son, give attention to my words; let your ear be turned to my sayings.

  • Prov 10:17
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    17 He who takes note of teaching is a way of life, but he who gives up training is a cause of error.

  • Prov 5:1-2
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    1 My son, give attention to my wisdom; let your ear be turned to my teaching:

    2 So that you may be ruled by a wise purpose, and your lips may keep knowledge.

  • Prov 29:17
    74%

    17 Give your son training, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your soul.

  • Prov 15:20
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    20 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

  • Prov 19:18
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    18 Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

  • Prov 23:22
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    22 Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

  • Prov 7:24
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    24 So now, my sons, give ear to me; give attention to the sayings of my mouth;

  • Prov 29:15
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    15 The rod and sharp words give wisdom: but a child who is not guided is a cause of shame to his mother.

  • Prov 22:17
    73%

    17 Let your ear be bent down for hearing my words, and let your heart give thought to knowledge.

  • Prov 8:33
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    33 Take my teaching and be wise; do not let it go.

  • Prov 14:7
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    7 Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

  • Prov 19:20
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    20 Let your ear be open to suggestion and take teaching, so that at the end you may be wise.

  • Prov 3:21
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    21 My son, keep good sense, and do not let wise purpose go from your eyes.

  • Prov 22:6
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    6 If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

  • Prov 3:11
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    11 My son, do not make your heart hard against the Lord's teaching; do not be made angry by his training:

  • Prov 27:11
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    11 My son, be wise and make my heart glad, so that I may give back an answer to him who puts me to shame.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

  • Prov 28:7
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    7 He who keeps the law is a wise son, but he who keeps company with feasters puts shame on his father.

  • Deut 21:18
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    18 If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:

  • Prov 19:13
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    13 A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

  • Prov 22:15
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    15 Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21 He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

  • Prov 9:6
    72%

    6 Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.

  • Ps 50:17
    72%

    17 Seeing that you have no desire for my teaching, turning your back on my words.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9 Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18 Need and shame will be the fate of him who is uncontrolled by training; but he who takes note of teaching will be honoured.

  • Prov 4:10
    71%

    10 Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

  • Prov 2:1
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    1 My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;

  • Prov 23:26
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    26 My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes take delight in my ways.

  • Prov 1:10
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    10 My son, if sinners would take you out of the right way, do not go with them.

  • Prov 4:5
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    5 Get wisdom, get true knowledge; keep it in memory, do not be turned away from the words of my mouth.

  • Prov 7:1
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    1 My son, keep my sayings, and let my rules be stored up with you.

  • Prov 15:32
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    32 He who will not be controlled by training has no respect for his soul, but he who gives ear to teaching will get wisdom.