And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
Proverbs 5:12 - King James Version - American Edition and say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you say, How I hated instruction and discipline, and my heart despised reproof! American Standard Version (1901) And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof; Common English Bible and you say, “How I hated instruction! How my heart despised correction! Catholic Public Domain Version "Why have I detested discipline, and why has my heart not been quieted by correction? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to reproof, |
And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
and thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.