Proverbs 5:12
And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
In Context
11And thou moan, when thine end cometh, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
Cross References
Genesis 19:9And they said: 'Stand back.' And they said: 'This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs play the judge; now will we deal worse with thee, than with them.' And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.
2 Chronicles 24:20And the spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them: 'Thus saith God: Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, He hath also forsaken you.'
2 Chronicles 33:10And the LORD spoke to Manasseh, and to his people; but they gave no heed.
Psalms 50:17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee.
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs 1:25But ye have set at nought 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 →