Proverbs 5:13
neither have I sh'ma ·heard obeyed· the voice of my teachers, 2 nor turned my ear to those who instructed me! 1
One Unity Resource 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 I have hated instruction, 2 and my heart despised reproof; 1
14I have come to the brink of utter ruin, 2 among the gathered assembly.” 1
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 →