Proverbs 5:13
I didn't listen to what my teacher said. I didn't pay attention to my instructors.
Free Bible 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
12You'll say, “How I used to hate discipline, and my mind rebelled against being corrected!
14Now I'm on the verge of being completely disgraced before everyone in the community.”
Cross References
1 Kings 12:14he replied using the advice of the young men. He said, “My father placed a heavy burden on you, and I will make it even heavier. My father punished you with whips; I will punish you with scorpions.”
1 Thessalonians 4:8So anyone who rejects this position isn't just rejecting what a human being is saying; they are rejecting God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
Hebrews 13:7Remember your leaders who explained God's word to you. Look again at the results of their lives, and imitate their trust in God.
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 →