Proverbs 5:12
And say, “How have I hated instruction! And how hath my heart despised reproof!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
In Context
11And lest thou mourn in thy latter end. When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
13I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to my instructors;
Cross References
Psalms 50:17Thou, who hatest instruction And castest my words behind thee!
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:25Because ye have rejected all my counsel, And have slighted my rebuke,—
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 →