English Standard Version
Proverbs 5:12
12and you say, "How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
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!
- New King James Version (NKJV)And say: “How I have hated instruction, And my heart despised correction!
- New Living Translation (NLT)You will say, “How I hated discipline! If only I had not ignored all the warnings!
Context of Proverbs 5:12
10lest strangers take their fill of your strength, and your labors go to the house of a foreigner, 11and at the end of your life you groan, when your flesh and body are consumed, and you say, "How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof! 13I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors. 14I am at the brink of utter ruin in the assembled congregation."
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וְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗ אֵ֭יךְ שָׂנֵ֣אתִי מוּסָ֑ר וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַת נָאַ֥ץ לִבִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 5:12
- Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Proverbs 15:5A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.
- Psalms 50:17For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.
- Psalms 73:22I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you.
- Zechariah 7:11But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears that they might not hear.
- John 3:19And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
- Proverbs 1:25because you have ignored all my counsel and would have none of my reproof,
- Proverbs 6:23For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
- Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
- Proverbs 13:18Poverty and disgrace come to him who ignores instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is honored.
- Genesis 19:9But they said, "Stand back!" And they said, "This fellow came to sojourn, and he has become the judge! Now we will deal worse with you than with them." Then they pressed hard against the man Lot, and drew near to break the door down.
- Exodus 2:13When he went out the next day, behold, two Hebrews were struggling together. And he said to the man in the wrong, "Why do you strike your companion?"
- 2 Chronicles 24:20Then the Spirit of God clothed Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stood above the people, and said to them, "Thus says God, 'Why do you break the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.'"
- 2 Chronicles 25:16But as he was speaking, the king said to him, "Have we made you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?" So the prophet stopped, but said, "I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel."
- 2 Chronicles 33:10The Lord spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they paid no attention.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until 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
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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
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