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Proverbs Chapter 5 verse 12 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 5:12

And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
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BBE Proverbs 5:12

And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;
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DARBY Proverbs 5:12

and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof!
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KJV Proverbs 5:12

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
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WBT Proverbs 5:12

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WEB Proverbs 5:12

And say, "How I have hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof;
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YLT Proverbs 5:12

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - Self-reproach accompanies the unavailable groaning. And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof! i.e. how could it ever come to pass that I have acted in such a senseless and inexcusable manner, that I have hated instruction (musar, disciplina, παιδεία), the warning voice which dissuaded me from going with the harlot, and in my heart despised, i.e. rejected inwardly, whatever my outward demeanour may have been, the reproof which followed after I had been with her! Despised (naats), as in Proverbs 1:30; comp. also Proverbs 15:5, "A fool despiseth his father's instructions."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) How have I hated instruction.--The last stage of misery is the remorse which comes too late. (Comp. Matthew 25:30.)