Proverbs 5:12
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
In Context
11And thou mourn at thy latter end, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
13Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
Cross References
Genesis 19:9And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.
2 Chronicles 24:20And the spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you.
2 Chronicles 33:10And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they gave no heed.
Psalms 50:17Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would 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 →