"And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!" — Proverbs 5:13

Proverbs 5:13 · KJV

“And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!”

— Proverbs 5:13

Verse 12

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

Verse 14

I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

Proverbs 5 — Context

And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

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

And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 4:8

He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit. {despiseth: or, rejecteth}

Luke 15:18

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

Hebrews 13:7

Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of {their} conversation. {have the rule: or, are the guides}

1 Thessalonians 5:12-13

And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;