Proverbs 5:13
And why have I not listened to the voice of those who guided me? And why has my ear not inclined to my teachers?
Catholic Public Domain 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
12“Why have I detested discipline, and why has my heart not been quieted by correction?
14I have almost been with all evil in the midst of the church and of the assembly.”
Cross References
1 Kings 12:14And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying: “My father weighed down your yoke, but I will add more to your yoke. My father cut you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.”
1 Thessalonians 4:8And so, whoever despises these teachings, does not despise man, but God, who has even provided his Holy Spirit within us.
Hebrews 13:7Remember your leaders, who have spoken the Word of God to you, whose faith you imitate, by observing the goal of their way of life:
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 →