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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 19, Verse 27

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26
He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his] mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
King James Version
Cease, my son, to hear the instruction [that causeth] to err from the words of knowledge.
American Standard Version
Cease, my son, to hear instruction [Only] to err from the words of knowledge.
New English Translation
If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
World English Bible
If you stop listening to instruction, my son, you will stray from the words of knowledge.
28
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
29
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
1
Wine [is] a mocker, strong drink [is] raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
2
The fear of a king [is] as the roaring of a lion: [whoso] provoketh him to anger sinneth [against] his own soul.
3
[It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
4
The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; [therefore] shall he beg in harvest, and [have] nothing.
5
Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
6
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
7
The just [man] walketh in his integrity: his children [are] blessed after him.
8
A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.