Proverbs 19:27

19:27 If you stop listening to ¹  instruction, my child,

you will stray ²  from the words of knowledge.

Luke 8:18

8:18 So listen carefully, ³  for whoever has will be given more, but ⁴  whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has ⁵  will be taken from him.”

Acts 17:11

17:11 These Jews ⁶  were more open-minded ⁷  than those in Thessalonica, ⁸  for they eagerly ⁹  received ¹⁰  the message, examining ¹¹  the scriptures carefully every day ¹²  to see if these things were so.

Hebrews 2:1

Warning Against Drifting Away

2:1 Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

Hebrews 2:1

Warning Against Drifting Away

2:1 Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.

Hebrews 4:1

God’s Promised Rest

4:1 Therefore we must be wary ¹³  that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

Hebrews 4:1

God’s Promised Rest

4:1 Therefore we must be wary ¹⁴  that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

Hebrews 2:2

2:2 For if the message spoken through angels ¹⁵  proved to be so firm that every violation ¹⁶  or disobedience received its just penalty,

Hebrews 2:2

2:2 For if the message spoken through angels ¹⁷  proved to be so firm that every violation ¹⁸  or disobedience received its just penalty,

Hebrews 2:1-3

Warning Against Drifting Away

2:1 Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. 2:2 For if the message spoken through angels ¹⁹  proved to be so firm that every violation ²⁰  or disobedience received its just penalty, 2:3 how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,

[19:27]  ¹ tn Heb “Stop listening…!” The infinitive construct לִשְׁמֹעַ (lishmoa’) functions as the direct object of the imperative: “stop heeding [or, listening to].” Of course in this proverb which shows the consequences of doing so, this is irony. The sage is instructing not to stop. The conditional protasis construction does not appear in the Hebrew but is supplied in the translation.

[19:27]  ² tn The second line has an infinitive construct לִשְׁגוֹת (lishgot), meaning “to stray; to go astray; to err.” It indicates the result of the instruction – stop listening, and as a result you will go astray. The LXX took it differently: “A son who ceases to attend to discipline is likely to stray from words of knowledge.” RSV sees the final clause as the purpose of the instructions to be avoided: “do not listen to instructions to err.”

[8:18]  ³ tn Or “Therefore pay close attention”; Grk “Take heed therefore how you hear.”

[8:18]  ⁴ tn Grk “and.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[8:18]  ⁵ sn The phrase what he thinks he has is important, because it is not what a person thinks he has that is important but whether he actually has something or not. Jesus describes the person who does not heed his word as having nothing. The person who has nothing loses even that which he thought was something but was not. In other words, he has absolutely nothing at all. Jesus’ teaching must be taken seriously.

[17:11]  ⁶ tn Grk “These”; the referent (the Jews in the synagogue at Berea) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:11]  ⁷ tn Or “more willing to learn.” L&N 27.48 and BDAG 404 s.v. εὐγενής 2 both use the term “open-minded” here. The point is that they were more receptive to Paul’s message.

[17:11]  ⁸ sn Thessalonica was a city in Macedonia (modern Salonica).

[17:11]  ⁹ tn Or “willingly,” “readily”; Grk “with all eagerness.”

[17:11]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “who received.” Here the relative pronoun (“who”) has been translated as a pronoun (“they”) preceded by a semicolon, which is less awkward in contemporary English than a relative clause at this point.

[17:11]  ¹¹ tn This verb (BDAG 66 s.v. ἀνακρίνω 1) refers to careful examination.

[17:11]  ¹² tn BDAG 437 s.v. ἡμέρα 2.c has “every day” for this phrase in this verse.

[4:1]  ¹³ tn Grk “let us fear.”

[4:1]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “let us fear.”

[2:2]  ¹⁵ sn The message spoken through angels refers to the OT law, which according to Jewish tradition was mediated to Moses through angels (cf. Deut 33:2; Ps 68:17-18; Acts 7:38, 53; Gal 3:19; and Jub. 1:27, 29; Josephus, Ant. 15.5.3 [15.136]).

[2:2]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “through angels became valid and every violation.”

[2:2]  ¹⁷ sn The message spoken through angels refers to the OT law, which according to Jewish tradition was mediated to Moses through angels (cf. Deut 33:2; Ps 68:17-18; Acts 7:38, 53; Gal 3:19; and Jub. 1:27, 29; Josephus, Ant. 15.5.3 [15.136]).

[2:2]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “through angels became valid and every violation.”

[2:2]  ¹⁹ sn The message spoken through angels refers to the OT law, which according to Jewish tradition was mediated to Moses through angels (cf. Deut 33:2; Ps 68:17-18; Acts 7:38, 53; Gal 3:19; and Jub. 1:27, 29; Josephus, Ant. 15.5.3 [15.136]).

[2:2]  ²⁰ tn Grk “through angels became valid and every violation.”