Proverbs 5:12
You will say, “How I hated instruction 1 and my heart despised correction! 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
In Context
11At the end of your life you will groan 1 when your flesh and your body waste away. 1
13I would not obey my teachers 1 or incline my ear to my instructors. 1
Cross References
Genesis 19:9They said, “Stand back!” They also said, “This one came here to live as a foreigner, and now he has become our judge! Now we will deal worse with you than with them.” They pressed hard against the man, against Lot, and came near to break down the door.
2 Chronicles 24:20The Spirit of God came on Zechariah son of Jehoiada, the priest; Zechariah stood above the people and said to them, “God says this: Why do you transgress the commandments of Yahweh, so that you cannot prosper? Since you have forsaken Yahweh, he has also forsaken you.”
2 Chronicles 33:10Yahweh spoke to Manasseh, and to his people, but they paid no attention.
Psalms 50:17since you hate instruction 1 and throw my words away? 1
Proverbs 1:7The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge— 1 fools despise wisdom and instruction. 1
Proverbs 1:25But you have ignored all my instruction 1 and paid no attention to my correction. 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 →