Proverbs 5:12
and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
In Context
11You will groan at your latter end, when your flesh and your body are consumed,
13I haven’t obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!
Cross References
Genesis 19:9They said, “Stand back!” Then they said, “This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now we will deal worse with you than with them!” They pressed hard on the man Lot, and came near to break the door.
2 Chronicles 24:20The Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said to them, “God says, ‘Why do you disobey the LORD’s commandments, so that you can’t prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, he has also forsaken you.’”
2 Chronicles 33:10The LORD spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they didn’t listen.
Psalms 50:17since you hate instruction, and throw my words behind you?
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:25but you have ignored all my counsel, and wanted none of my reproof;
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 →