Proverbs 5:12
and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
In Context
11and thou mourn at thy latter end when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
13Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!
Cross References
Genesis 19:9And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will be a judge. Now we will deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed greatly upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the doo
2 Chronicles 24:20And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest. And he stood above the people, and said to them, Thus says God, Why do ye transgress the commandments of LORD, so that ye cannot prosper? Because ye have for
2 Chronicles 33:10And LORD spoke to Manasseh, and to his people, but they gave no heed.
Psalms 50:17since thou hate instruction, and cast my words behind thee?
Proverbs 1:7The fear of LORD is the beginning of knowledge. The foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:25but ye have made all my counsel void, and want none of my reproof,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 5:2-15
Parental Instructions; Cautions against Sensuality. 1 My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: 2 That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. 3 For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. 6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. 7… Read the whole commentary →