Proverbs 5:13
And have not heard the voice of them that taught me, and have not in- dined my ear to masters?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
12Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to reproof,
14I have almost been in all evil, in the midst of the church and of the congregation.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:14And he spoke to them according to the counsel of the young men, saying: My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke: my father beat you with whips, but I will beat you with scorpions.
1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore, he that despiseth these things, despiseth not man, but God, who also hath given his holy Spirit in us.
Hebrews 13:7Remember your prelates who have spoken the word of God to you; whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation,
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 →