Proverbs 5:12
And thou shalt say—How I hated correction! and, reproof, my heart disdained;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
In Context
11So shalt thou grieve in thy latter end, in the failing of thy flesh and of thy healthy condition;
13Neither hearkened I to the voice of my teachers, nor, to my instructors, inclined I mine ear:
Cross References
Genesis 19:9And they said, Stand back, And they said, This one, by himself, hath come in to sojourn and must always be acting the judge, Now, will we do more wickedly to thee, than to them. So they pressed sore upon the man—upon Lot—exceedingly, and drew near to break open the door.
2 Chronicles 24:20And, the spirit of God, clothed Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, and he took his stand above the people,—and said unto them, Thus, saith God, Wherefore are, ye, transgressing the commandments of Yahweh, so that ye cannot prosper, because ye have forsaken Yahweh, therefore hath he forsaken you.
2 Chronicles 33:10And Yahweh spake unto Manasseh and unto his people, but they did not give ear.
Psalms 50:17Seeing that, thou, hast hated correction, And hast cast my words behind thee;
Proverbs 1:7The reverence of Yahweh, is the beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and correction, the foolish have despised.
Proverbs 1:25But ye dismissed all my counsel, and, to my rebuke, would not yield,
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 →