Proverbs 19:27

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:27

This is a good caution to those that have had a good education to take heed of hearkening to those who, under pretence of instructing them, draw them off from those good principles under the influence of which they were trained up. Observe, 1. There is that which seems designed for instruction, but really tends to the destruction of young men. The factors for vice will undertake to teach them free thoughts and a fashionable conversation, how to palliate the sins they have a mind to and stop... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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 ; 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... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 19:27

Cease, my son - Hear nothing that would lead thee away from God and his truth. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 19:22-29

Mixed maxims of life-wisdom I. HUMAN KINDNESS . ( Proverbs 19:22 .) There is no purer delight than in the feelings of love and the practical exercise of universal kindness. If the mere pleasure of the selfish and the benevolent life be the criterion, without question the latter has the advantage. II. TRUTHFULNESS . ( Proverbs 19:22 , Proverbs 19:28 .) So the honest poor outweighs the rich or successful liar in intrinsic happiness as well as in repute. The worthless... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 19:27

Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. This version fairly represents the terse original, if musar , "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 ( 1 Timothy 6:20 ). But as musar 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... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 19:27

Proverbs 19:27. Cease, my son, to hear the instruction, &c. If thou hast done it formerly, yet do not now, any longer, hearken to those false doctrines, or evil counsels, which tend to withdraw thee from the belief or practice of God’s holy word. Or, as Bishop Patrick interprets the verse, “My son, beware of their discourse, who, under the show of greater learning, seduce thee from the plain doctrines of virtue; or, if thou hast been unhappily engaged in such company, quit it presently,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:1-29

Lessons heeded and ignored (19:1-29)Moral uprightness is more important than wealth, and wise action is more important than hasty action. People are foolish when they blame God for the trouble they bring upon themselves through their own mistakes (19:1-3).Often the reason the rich have many friends is that these ‘friends’ hope to gain personally from their wealth or influence (4-6). The poor lose their friends, though in a sense they are rich if they maintain their understanding (7-8). People... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 19:27

my son. The presence of this word here and in Proverbs 23:15 , Proverbs 23:19 , Proverbs 23:26 ; Proverbs 24:13 , Proverbs 24:21 , together with the employment of the second person, shows that these are proverbs for Solomon. See note under Structure above. words = sayings. Hebrew. imrah. App-73 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 19:27

"Cease, my son, to hear instruction Only to err from the words of knowledge.""There are many deceivers in the world. They make it their business to clothe error with the appearance of truth, and to weaken and discourage those motives to holiness that are set before us in God's word. The exhortation here speaks to us as children, warning us to beware of their devices and insinuations."[22] read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 19:27

Proverbs 19:27. Cease, my son, &c.— My son, that thou mayest hear instruction, cease to wander from the discourses of wisdom. Houbigant. Bishop Patrick's paraphrase of the verse runs thus, "My son, beware of their discourse, who, under the shew of greater learning, seduce thee from the plain doctrine of virtue [and holiness]; or, if thou hast been unhappily engaged in such company, quit it presently and continue with those who honestly instruct thee. For remember this, to leave off hearing... read more

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