Bible verse
If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 19.
23 The fear of the LORD leads to life, that one may rest content, without visitation from harm.
24 The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.
25 Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
26 He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.
27 If you cease to hear instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
28 A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.
29 Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
KJV
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge.
ASV
Cease, my son, to hear instruction Only to err from the words of knowledge.
ERV
Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to err from the words of knowledge.
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