Proverbs 5:13
I would not obey my teachers 1 or incline my ear to my instructors. 1
Unlocked Literal 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
12You will say, “How I hated instruction 1 and my heart despised correction! 1
14I was almost completely ruined 1 in the midst of the assembly, among the gathering of the people.” 1
Cross References
1 Kings 12:14He spoke to them following the advice of the young men; he said, “My father burdened you with a heavy yoke, but I will add to your yoke. My father punished you with whips, but I will punish you with scorpions.”
1 Thessalonians 4:8Therefore, he who rejects this rejects not people, but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you.
Hebrews 13:7Consider your leaders, those who spoke God's word to you, and consider the result of their conduct. 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 →