Proverbs 5:13
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
Updated King James Version
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 have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:14And spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
1 Thessalonians 4:8He therefore that despises, despises not man, but God, who has also given unto us his holy Spirit. (o. pneuma)
Hebrews 13:7Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word (o. logos) of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
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 →