Proverbs 5:12 - The Scriptures 2009

¹² And shall say, “How I have hated discipline, And my heart has despised reproof!

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And you say, How I hated instruction and discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;

Common English Bible

¹² and you say, “How I hated instruction! How my heart despised correction!

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² "Why have I detested discipline, and why has my heart not been quieted by correction?

Proverbs 5:12 Cross References

Genesis 19:9

But they said, “Stand back!” And they said, “This one came in to sojourn, and should he always judge? Now we are going to treat you worse than them.” So they pressed hard against the man Lot, and came near to break down the door.

2 Chronicles 25:16

And it came to be, as he talked with him, that the sovereign said to him, “Have we appointed you counsellor to the sovereign? Stop! Why should they strike you?” Then the prophet stopped and said, “I know that Elohim has counselled to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel.”

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they were mocking the messengers of Elohim and despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of יהוה arose against His people, until there was no healing.

Psalm 50:17

“While you hated instruction And cast My Words behind you?

Psalm 73:22

I was stupid and ignorant, I was like a beast toward You.

Proverbs 1:22

“How long, you simple ones, Would you love simplicity, And shall scoffers delight in their scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 1:25

“And you spurned all my counsel, And would not yield to my reproof,

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of יהוה is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Proverbs 10:17

He who heeds discipline is in the way of life, But he who refuses reproof goes astray.

Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid.

Proverbs 13:18

Poverty and shame are for him Who ignores discipline, But he who heeds reproof is esteemed.

Proverbs 15:5

A fool despises his father’s discipline, But he who heeds reproof is clever.

Proverbs 5:11

Then you shall howl in your latter end, When your flesh and your body are consumed,

Proverbs 6:23

For the command is a lamp, And the Torah a light, And reproofs of discipline a way of life,

Proverbs 8:36

“But he who sins against me injures himself; All who hate me love death!”

Jeremiah 44:4

And I sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, “Please do not do this abominable matter that I hate!”