Proverbs 5:13
I did not give attention to the voice of my teachers, my ear was not turned to those who were guiding me!
Bible in Basic English
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 you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;
14I was in almost all evil in the company of the people.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:14But giving them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.
1 Thessalonians 4:8Whoever, then, goes against this word, goes against not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
Hebrews 13:7Keep in mind those who were over you, and who gave you the word of God; seeing the outcome of their way of life, let your faith be like theirs.
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 →