Proverbs 19:27-28 BSB

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:28

Here is a description of the worst of sinners, whose hearts are fully set in them to do evil. 1. They set that at defiance which would deter and detain them from sin: An ungodly witness is one that bears false witness against his neighbour, and will forswear himself to do another a mischief, in which there is not only great injustice, but great impiety; this is one of the worst of men. Or an ungodly witness is one that profanely and atheistically witnesses against religion and godliness, whose... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:28

An ungodly witness scorneth judgment ,.... Or, "a witness of Belial" F26 עד בליעל "testis Belijahal", Montanus, Tigurine version, Baynus. . A false witness is not awed by the place of judgment where he is; nor by the judge before whom he is; nor by the law, the rule of judgment, nor by the punishment of perjury; he scorns all these, and scoffs at them, and proceeds in bearing a false testimony: or he covers that which is right and just, and eludes judgment by specious and sophistic... 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 19:28

An ungodly ( worthless ) witness scorneth judgment; derides the Law which denounces perjury and compels a witness to speak truth ( Exodus 20:16 ; Le Exodus 5:1 ), and, as is implied he bears false testimony, thus proving himself "a witness of Belial," according to the Hebrew term. Septuagint, "He who becometh security for a foolish child outrages judgment." The mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity; swallows it eagerly as a toothsome morsel ( Proverbs 18:8 ). So we have in ... 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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 19:28

Proverbs 19:28. An ungodly witness scorneth judgment Hath no reverence to the place of justice, nor to the presence of God there, nor to that sacred and solemn work, of executing judgment, but, in spite of all, gives in a false testimony. And the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity Uttereth it with as great greediness, delight, and ease, as they swallow down delicious meats and drinks; or, is as eager to commit it in word and deed, as if it were as necessary to their well-being as the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:27

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 19:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 19:28

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 19:22-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 19:27

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 19:28

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 19:28

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