Proverbs 5:12
You'll say, “How I used to hate discipline, and my mind rebelled against being corrected!
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
In Context
11When you come to the end of your life you'll moan in pain as disease destroys your body.
13I didn't listen to what my teacher said. I didn't pay attention to my instructors.
Cross References
Genesis 19:9“Out of our way!” they shouted. “Who do you think you are, coming to live here and now trying to judge us? We'll do even worse things to you than we were going to do to these men!” They rushed forward at Lot and tried to break down the door.
2 Chronicles 24:20Then the Spirit of God came to Zechariah, son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and told them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you break the Lord's commandments so that you cannot be successful? Since you have abandoned the Lord, he has abandoned you.’”
2 Chronicles 33:10The Lord warned Manasseh and his people, but they ignored him.
Psalms 50:17You hate my discipline, and you toss my words away, leaving them behind you.
Proverbs 1:7Honoring the Lord is where true knowledge begins, but fools treat wisdom and good advice with contempt.
Proverbs 1:25You ignored everything I said; you wouldn't accept any of my warnings.
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 →