Proverbs 5:13
I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to my instructors;
Noyes Bible
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
12And say, “How have I hated instruction! And how hath my heart despised reproof!
14I have well-nigh fallen into utter misery; In the midst of the congregation and the assembly.”
Cross References
1 Thessalonians 4:8He therefore that rejecteth, rejecteth not man, but God, who also gave to you his Holy Spirit.
Hebrews 13:7Remember your leaders, who spoke to you the word of God; and considering well the end of their manner of life, imitate their faith.
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 →