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Proverbs 5:12
12You will say, “How I hated discipline! If only I had not ignored all the warnings!
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 consume your wealth, and someone else will enjoy the fruit of your labor. 11In the end you will groan in anguish when disease consumes your body. You will say, “How I hated discipline! If only I had not ignored all the warnings! 13Oh, why didn’t I listen to my teachers? Why didn’t I pay attention to my instructors? 14I have come to the brink of utter ruin, and now I must face public disgrace.”
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וְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗ אֵ֭יךְ שָׂנֵ֣אתִי מוּסָ֑ר וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַת נָאַ֥ץ לִבִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 5:12
- Proverbs 1:7Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- Proverbs 15:5Only a fool despises a parent’s discipline; whoever learns from correction is wise.
- Psalms 50:17For you refuse my discipline and treat my words like trash.
- Psalms 73:22I was so foolish and ignorant— I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you.
- Zechariah 7:11“Your ancestors refused to listen to this message. They stubbornly turned away and put their fingers in their ears to keep from hearing.
- John 3:19And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.
- Proverbs 1:25You ignored my advice and rejected the correction I offered.
- Proverbs 6:23For their command is a lamp and their instruction a light; their corrective discipline is the way to life.
- Proverbs 12:1To learn, you must love discipline; it is stupid to hate correction.
- Proverbs 13:18If you ignore criticism, you will end in poverty and disgrace; if you accept correction, you will be honored.
- Genesis 19:9“Stand back!” they shouted. “This fellow came to town as an outsider, and now he’s acting like our judge! We’ll treat you far worse than those other men!” And they lunged toward Lot to break down the door.
- Exodus 2:13The next day, when Moses went out to visit his people again, he saw two Hebrew men fighting. “Why are you beating up your friend?” Moses said to the one who had started the fight.
- 2 Chronicles 24:20Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, “This is what God says: Why do you disobey the Lord’s commands and keep yourselves from prospering? You have abandoned the Lord, and now he has abandoned you!”
- 2 Chronicles 25:16But the king interrupted him and said, “Since when have I made you the king’s counselor? Be quiet now before I have you killed!” So the prophet stopped with this warning: “I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and have refused to accept my counsel.”
- 2 Chronicles 33:10The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they ignored all his warnings.
- 2 Chronicles 36:16But the people mocked these messengers of God and despised their words. They scoffed at the prophets until the Lord’s anger could no longer be restrained and nothing could be done.
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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