Proverbs 19:27 - Compare All Versions
Proverbs 19:27 MSG (The Message)
If you quit listening, dear child, and strike off on your own, you’ll soon be out of your depth.
Proverbs 19:27 KJV (King James Version)
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction That causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Cease listening, my son, to discipline, And you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27 NCV (New Century Version)
Don’t stop listening to correction, my child, or you will forget what you have already learned.
Proverbs 19:27 ASV (American Standard Version)
Cease, my son, to hear instruction Only to err from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27 NIV (New International Version)
Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27 NKJV (New King James Version)
Cease listening to instruction, my son, And you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27 AMP (Amplified Bible)
Cease listening, my son, to instruction and discipline And you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27 NLT (New Living Translation)
If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will turn your back on knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27 TPT (The Passion Translation)
So listen, my child. Don’t reject correction or you will certainly wander from the ways of truth.
Proverbs 19:27 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.