Proverbs 5:12
And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
In Context
11And thou hast howled in thy latter end, In the consumption of thy flesh and thy food,
Cross References
Genesis 19:9And they say, 'Come nigh hither;' they say also, 'This one hath come in to sojourn, and he certainly judgeth! now, we do evil to thee more than [to] them;' and they press against the man, against Lot greatly, and come nigh to break the door.
2 Chronicles 24:20and the Spirit of God hath clothed Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, and he standeth over-against the people, and saith to them, 'Thus said God, Why are ye transgressing the commands of Jehovah, and prosper not? because ye have forsaken Jehovah — He doth forsake you.'
2 Chronicles 33:10And Jehovah speaketh unto Manasseh and unto his people, and they have not attended,
Psalms 50:17Yea, thou hast hated instruction, And dost cast My words behind thee.
Proverbs 1:7Fear of Jehovah [is] a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!
Proverbs 1:25And ye slight all my counsel, And my reproof ye have not desired.
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 →