Proverbs 5:12

New English Translation

And you will say, “How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!

Cross References

Genesis 19:9

“Out of our way!” they cried, and “This man came to live here as a foreigner, and now he dares to judge us! We’ll do more harm to you than to them!” They kept pressing in on Lot until they were close enough to break down the door.

2 Chronicles 25:16

While he was speaking, Amaziah said to him, “Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!” So the prophet stopped, but added, “I know that the Lord has decided to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice.”

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his warnings, and ridiculed his prophets. Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment.

Psalm 50:17

For you hate instruction and reject my words.

Psalm 73:22

I was ignorant and lacked insight; I was as senseless as an animal before you.

Proverbs 1:22

“How long will you simpletons love naiveté? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 1:25

because you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke,

Proverbs 1:7

Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 10:17

The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray.

Proverbs 12:1

The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid.

Proverbs 13:18

The one who neglects discipline ends up in poverty and shame, but the one who accepts reproof is honored.

Proverbs 15:5

A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense.

Proverbs 5:11

And at the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are wasted away.

Proverbs 6:23

For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life,

Proverbs 8:36

But the one who does not find me brings harm to himself; all who hate me love death.”

Jeremiah 44:4

I sent my servants the prophets to you people over and over again warning you not to do this disgusting thing I hate.