Proverbs 5:12

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.

ASV

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

LSV

And have said, “How I have hated instruction, || And my heart has despised reproof,

YLT

And hast said, 'How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,

DBY

and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!

DRC

Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to reproof,

GNV

And say, How haue I hated instruction, and mine heart despised correction!

JPS

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

LXXE

and thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart avoided reproofs!

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WLC

וְֽאָמַרְתָּ֗ אֵ֭יךְ שָׂנֵ֣אתִי מוּסָ֑ר וְ֝תוֹכַ֗חַת נָאַ֥ץ לִבִּֽי׃

LXX-Br

καὶ ἐρεῖς, πῶς ἐμίσησα παιδείαν, καὶ ἐλέγχους ἐξέκλινεν ἡ καρδία μου;

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 12:1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
• 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?
• Proverbs 1:25because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
• Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
• Proverbs 15:5A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
• John 3:19–20And 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. Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for…
• Jeremiah 44:4Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
• Psalms 50:17For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.
• Zechariah 1:4–6Do 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.…
• Exodus 2:13–14The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?” But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me…
• Proverbs 13:18Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
• 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.
• 2 Chronicles 24:20–22Then 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…
• Zechariah 7:11–14But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had…
• 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…
• 2 Chronicles 33:10–11And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen. So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with…

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