Proverbs 5:12
And say, How haue I hated instruction, and mine heart despised correction!
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
In Context
11And thou mourne at thine end, (when thou hast consumed thy flesh and thy bodie)
Cross References
Genesis 19:9Then they said, Away hence, and they said, He is come alone as a stranger, and shall he iudge and rule? we will nowe deale worse with thee then with them. So they preassed sore vpon Lot himselfe, and came to breake the doore.
2 Chronicles 24:20And the Spirit of God came vpon Zechariah the sonne of Iehoiada the Priest, which stoode aboue the people, and sayde vnto them, Thus sayth God, Why transgresse ye the commandements of the Lord? surely ye shall not prosper: because ye haue forsaken the Lord, he also hath forsaken you.
2 Chronicles 33:10And the Lord spake to Manasseh and to his people, but they would not regarde.
Psalms 50:17Seeing thou hatest to bee reformed, and hast cast my wordes behinde thee?
Proverbs 1:7The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.
Proverbs 1:25But ye haue despised all my counsell, and would none of my correction.
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 →