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Proverbs 19:27 (MSG)
If you quit listening, dear child, and strike off on your own, you’ll soon be out of your depth.

DRAWING NOTES:

TIME OF DAY:
Not specified in Bible reference; daytime.

LIGHTING NOTES:
Sunlight, coming from the left, is the main source of lighting in this scene.

CHARACTERS PRESENT:
A woman on the right of the scene is standing next to a sign (which represents knowledge).
A man starting to walk away from the woman & sign, with his eyes closed, not looking where he is going. He represents a person beginning to stray away from knowledge.

RESEARCH/ADDITIONAL NOTES:
This is my very literal version of the proverb. Clearly the man is heading into trouble, as he has not noticed the cliff edge & deep water below it which he is stepping towards! Another visual clue that he is heading into trouble is the approaching rain storm from the left.

I have used brush textures on the woman’s dress, which is something I haven’t done before. You may be able to make out a cross pattern on the waist part & hems of her dress.

I took some photographs whilst on a holiday in County Durham. The cliff rock is actually a small piece of rock I photographed on a walk!

The problem with not listening to instruction is that a person is then not longer learning. That’s what Proverbs 19:20 (only a few verses earlier) states: “Listen to advice and accept correction, and in the end you will be wise.” Clearly becoming wise & remaining wise is not a state that you arrive at; rather it is an on-going condition. We need to continue to gain knowledge & experience, which increase our wisdom.

Interestingly, Proverbs 19:27 is the only place between Proverbs 7:1 & 23:15 where the words “my son” occur.

Bible References.
Here are some other Bible versions of this particular Proverb, which gives a slightly different emphasis on it:

Proverbs 19:27 (NLT)
If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will turn your back on knowledge.

Proverbs 19:27 (ANIV)
27 Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

Proverbs 19:27 (BBE)
27 A son who no longer gives attention to teaching is turned away from the words of knowledge.

Proverbs 19:27 (NCV)
27 Don’t stop listening to correction, my child, or you will forget what you have already learned.