Proverbs 5:13
Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to those who instructed me!
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
In Context
12and say, How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.
14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the assembly and congregation.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:14and spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore he who disregards, disregards not man, but God, who also gave his Holy Spirit to you.
Hebrews 13:7Remember those who lead you, men who spoke the word of God to you, of whom, carefully observing the outcome of their conduct, imitate the faith--
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 →