Proverbs 5:13
And have not heard the voice of them that taught me, and have not inclined my ear to masters?
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
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 →