Proverbs 5:12
“And say, How haue I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproofe?”
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Proverbs 5:12 Context
10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth, and thy labors be in the house of a stranger, 11And thou mourne at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, 12And say, How haue I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproofe? 13And haue not obeyed the voyce of my teachers, nor inclined mine eare to them that instructed me? 14I was almost in all euill, in the midst of the congregation & assembly.
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And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
- King James Version
And you say, "How I have hated instruction! And my heart spurned reproof!
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
- American Standard Version (1901)
And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;
- Basic English Bible
and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!
- Darby Bible
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
- Webster's Bible
and say, "How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
- World English Bible
And hast said, `How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,
- Youngs Literal Bible
And say: 'How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
- Jewish Publication Society Bible