Proverbs 5:13
And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.
Young's Literal Translation
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 hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,
14As a little thing I have been all evil, In the midst of an assembly and a company.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:14and speaketh unto them, according to the counsel of the lads, saying, 'My father made your yoke heavy, and I add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, and I — I chastise you with scorpions;'
1 Thessalonians 4:8he, therefore, who is despising — doth not despise man, but God, who also did give His Holy Spirit to us.
Hebrews 13:7Be mindful of those leading you, who did speak to you the word of God, whose faith — considering the issue of the behaviour — be imitating,
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 →