Proverbs 5:12
And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
In Context
11And you will be full of grief at the end of your life, when your flesh and your body are wasted;
Cross References
Genesis 19:9And they said, Give way there. This one man, they said, came here from a strange country, and will he now be our judge? now we will do worse to you than to them; and pushing violently against Lot, they came near to get the door broken in.
2 Chronicles 24:20Then the spirit of God came on Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, and, getting up before the people, he said to them, God has said, Why do you go against the orders of the Lord, so that everything goes badly for you? because you have given up the Lord, he has given you up.
2 Chronicles 33:10And the word of the Lord came to Manasseh and his people, but they gave no attention.
Psalms 50:17Seeing that you have no desire for my teaching, turning your back on my words.
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.
Proverbs 1:25You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:
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 →