Proverbs 5:13
And haue not obeied the voyce of them that taught mee, nor enclined mine eare to them that instructed me!
Geneva Bible 1599
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 haue I hated instruction, and mine heart despised correction!
14I was almost brought into all euil in ye mids of the Congregation and assemblie.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:14And spake to them after the counsell of the yong men, saying, My father made your yoke grieuous, and I will make your yoke more grieuous: my father hath chastised you with rods, but I will correct you with scourges.
1 Thessalonians 4:8Hee therefore that despiseth these thinges, despiseth not man, but God who hath euen giuen you his holy Spirit.
Hebrews 13:7So that we may boldly say, The Lord is mine helper, neither will I feare what man can doe vnto me.
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 →