Proverbs 5:12
King James Version (KJV)
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
American Standard Version (ASV)
And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
World English Bible (WEB)
and say, "How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Proverbs 5:12 Cross References
Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee.
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts.
Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts:
But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
