Proverbs 19:27

“Prepare thy work without, etc.] As Solomon did for the building of the temple; timber and stones were prepared, hewed, squared, and fitted for the building before brought thither, (<110518>1 Kings 5:18 6:7); or diligently attend to thy business without doors, whatever it is, that thou mayest provide for thyself and family the necessaries and conveniences of life, which are in the first place to be sought after; and make it fit for thyself in the field; let nothing be wanting in managing the affairs of husbandry, in tilling the land, in ploughing and sowing, and reaping, and gathering in the increase, that there may be a sufficiency for the support of the family; and afterwards build thine…”

“Avoid whatever leads from truth.”

“literally, Cease, my son, to hear instruction, that thou mayest err from the words of knowledge; advice given ironically to do that to which his weakness leads him, with a clear knowledge of the evil to which he is drifting. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Pro 14:7; Deu 13:1-4; Kg1 22:22-28; Mat 7:15, Mat 16:6, Mat 16:12; Mar 4:24, Mar 7:6-14; Joh 10:5; Co2 11:13-15; Eph 4:14; Ti1 4:7, Ti1 6:3-5; Pe2 2:1, Pe2 2:2; Jo1 4:1; Jo2 1:10; Rev 2:2 Proverbs 19:28”

“27 Cease, my son, to hear instruction, To depart from the words of knowledge. Oetinger correctly: cease from hearing instruction if thou wilt make no other use of it than to depart, etc., i.e., cease to learn wisdom and afterwards to misuse it. The proverb is, as Ewald says, as "bloody irony;" but it is a dissuasive from hypocrisy, a warning against the self-deception of which Jam 1:22-24 speaks, against heightening one's own condemnation, which is the case of that servant who knows his lord's will and does it not, Luk 12:47. חדל, in the meaning to leave off doing something further, is more frequently construed with ל seq. infin. than with מן (cf. e.g., Gen 11:8 with Kg1 15:21); but if we…”