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Proverbs 19:27
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KJ21
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth thee to err from the words of knowledge.
ASV
Cease, my son, to hear instruction Only to err from the words of knowledge.
AMP
Cease listening, my son, to instruction and discipline And you will stray from the words of knowledge.
AMPC
Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to ignore it and stray from the words of knowledge.
BRG
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
CSB
If you stop listening to correction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
CSBA
If you stop listening to correction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
CEB
If, my child, you stop listening to discipline, you will wander away from words of knowledge.
CJB
My son, if you stop heeding discipline, you will stray from the principles of knowledge.
CEV
If you stop learning, you will forget what you already know.
DARBY
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction which causeth to stray from the words of knowledge.
DRA
Cease not, O my son, to hear instruction, and be not ignorant of the words of knowledge.
ERV
My son, if you stop listening to instructions, you will keep making stupid mistakes.
EASY
My child, never stop learning about what is right. If you stop learning, you will soon forget what you already know.
EHV
If you stop listening to discipline, my son, you will stray from the sayings that give knowledge.
ESV
Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
ESVUK
Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
EXB
Don’t stop listening to correction, my child, or you will ·forget what you have already learned [L wander from knowledgeable speeches/words].
GNV
My son, hear no more the instruction, that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
GW
If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
GNT
My child, when you stop learning, you will soon neglect what you already know.
HCSB
If you stop listening to correction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
ICB
Don’t stop listening to correction, my child. If you do, you will not obey what you have already learned.
ISV
My son, if you stop listening to instruction, you will stray from the principles of knowledge.
JUB
¶ Cease, my son, to hear the teaching that induces one to deviate from the reasons of wisdom.
KJV
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
AKJV
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
LSB
Cease listening, my son, to discipline, And you will stray from the words of knowledge.
LEB
Cease to listen to instruction, my child, and you will stray from sayings of knowledge.
TLB
Stop listening to teaching that contradicts what you know is right.
MSG
If you quit listening, dear child, and strike off on your own, you’ll soon be out of your depth.
MEV
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causes to err from the words of knowledge.
NOG
If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
NABRE
My son, stop attending to correction; start straying from words of knowledge.
NASB
Stop listening, my son, to discipline, And you will stray from the words of knowledge.
NASB1995
Cease listening, my son, to discipline, And you will stray from the words of knowledge.
NCB
If a son ceases to accept correction, he strays from the words of knowledge.
NCV
Don’t stop listening to correction, my child, or you will forget what you have already learned.
NET
If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
NIRV
My son, if you stop listening to what I teach you, you will wander away from the words of knowledge.
NIV
Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
NIVUK
Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.
NKJV
Cease listening to instruction, my son, And you will stray from the words of knowledge.
NLV
My son, stop listening to teaching that will cause you to turn away from the words of much learning.
NLT
If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will turn your back on knowledge.
NRSVA
Cease straying, my child, from the words of knowledge, in order that you may hear instruction.
NRSVACE
Cease straying, my child, from the words of knowledge, in order that you may hear instruction.
NRSVCE
Cease straying, my child, from the words of knowledge, in order that you may hear instruction.
NRSVUE
My child, stop ignoring instruction, straying from words of knowledge.
OJB
Cease, beni (my son), to hear musar and thou shalt go astray from the words of da’as.
RGT
My son, hear no more the instruction that causes to err from the words of knowledge.
RSV
Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to stray from the words of knowledge.
RSVCE
Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to stray from the words of knowledge.
TLV
My son, if you stop heeding instruction, you will stray from words of knowledge.
VOICE
My child, should you stop listening to instruction, you will wander from the voice of knowledge.
WEB
If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
WYC
Son, cease thou not to hear teaching; and know thou the words of knowing. (My son, cease thou not to listen to instruction; and understand thou words of knowledge.)
YLT
Cease, my son, to hear instruction -- To err from sayings of knowledge.
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