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Proverbs 5:12

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
Proverbs 5:12 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

  • And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;

    BBE

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

    DBY

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

    WEB

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

    YLT

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

    ENG

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

    WBT

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

    BSB

In context

10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

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

14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

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