Proverbs 5:12
and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
In Context
11and thou mourn in thine end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed;
Cross References
Genesis 19:9And they said, Back there! And they said [again], This one came to sojourn, and he must be a judge? Now we will deal worse with thee than with them. And they pressed hard on the man on Lot; and drew near to break the door.
2 Chronicles 24:20And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood up above the people and said unto them, Thus saith God: Wherefore do ye transgress the commandments of Jehovah? And ye cannot prosper; for ye have forsaken Jehovah, and he hath forsaken you.
2 Chronicles 33:10And Jehovah spoke to Manasseh and to his people; but they did not hearken.
Psalms 50:17Seeing thou hast hated correction and hast cast my words behind thee?
Proverbs 1:7The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:25and ye have rejected all my counsel, and would 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 →