Christian Standard Bible
Proverbs 5:12
12and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and how my heart despised correction.
Proverbs 5:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
- New International Version (NIV)You will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!
- English Standard Version (ESV)and you say, "How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
- New King James Version (NKJV)And say: “How I have hated instruction, And my heart despised correction!
Context of Proverbs 5:12
10strangers will drain your resources, and your hard-earned pay will end up in a foreigner’s house. 11At the end of your life, you will lament when your physical body has been consumed, and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and how my heart despised correction. 13I didn’t obey my teachers or listen closely to my instructors. 14I am on the verge of complete ruin before the entire community.”
Read all of Proverbs 5Proverbs 5:12 word by word
וְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗ אֵ֭יךְ שָׂנֵ֣אתִי מוּסָ֑ר וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַת נָאַ֥ץ לִבִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 5:12
- Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- Proverbs 15:5A fool despises his father’s discipline, but a person who accepts correction is sensible.
- Psalms 50:17You hate instruction and fling my words behind you.
- Psalms 73:22I was stupid and didn’t understand; I was an unthinking animal toward you.
- Zechariah 7:11But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.
- John 3:19This is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.
- Proverbs 1:25since you neglected all my counsel and did not accept my correction,
- Proverbs 6:23For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light, and corrective discipline is the way to life.
- Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but one who hates correction is stupid.
- Proverbs 13:18Poverty and disgrace come to those who ignore discipline, but the one who accepts correction will be honored.
- Genesis 19:9“Get out of the way!” they said, adding, “This one came here as an alien, but he’s acting like a judge! Now we’ll do more harm to you than to them.” They put pressure on Lot and came up to break down the door.
- Exodus 2:13The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your neighbor?”
- 2 Chronicles 24:20The Spirit of God enveloped Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood above the people and said to them, “This is what God says, ‘Why are you transgressing the Lord’s commands so that you do not prosper? Because you have abandoned the Lord, he has abandoned you.’”
- 2 Chronicles 25:16While he was still speaking to him, the king asked, “Have we made you the king’s counselor? Stop, why should you lose your life?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God intends to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my advice.”
- 2 Chronicles 33:10The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they didn’t listen.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against his people that there was no remedy.
Commentaries on Proverbs 5:12
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12More bitter than slavery, poverty, disease, will be the bitterness of self-reproach, the hopeless remorse that worketh death.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-23These instructions on loving one's wife and avoiding immoral women were originally for young men starting their careers (see also Proverbs 2:16–22; 7:1–27). This topic is also common in ancient Egyptian wisdom writings.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1412-14. The ruined sinner vainly laments his neglect of warning and his sad fate in being brought to public disgrace.Read the comment
Topics related to Proverbs 5:12
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Proverbs 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
Christian Standard Bible — © 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
Commentaries