Proverbs 5:12

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“and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!”

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“and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
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“And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;”

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“And hast said, `How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,”

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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 5:12 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 19:9“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.
  2. Exodus 2:13The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?”
  3. 2 Chronicles 24:20Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”
  4. 2 Chronicles 25:16While he was still speaking, the king asked, “Have we made you the counselor to the king? Stop! Why be struck down?” So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and have not heeded my advice.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 33:10And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen.
  6. 2 Chronicles 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.
  7. Psalms 50:17For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
  8. Psalms 73:22I was senseless and ignorant; I was a brute beast before You.
  9. Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
  10. Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
  11. Proverbs 1:25because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
  12. Proverbs 1:29For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
  13. Proverbs 1:30They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
  14. Proverbs 6:23For this commandment is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and the reproofs of discipline are the way to life,
  15. Proverbs 10:17Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life, but he who ignores reproof goes astray.
  16. Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
  17. Proverbs 13:18Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
  18. Proverbs 15:5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
  19. Jeremiah 44:4Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
  20. Zechariah 1:4Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD.
  21. Zechariah 7:11But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
  22. John 3:19And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.

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