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Proverbs 5:12–13

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12and you will say, “How I hated discipline,

and how my heart despised correction.ab

13I didn’t obey my teachers

or listen closelyF to my instructors.

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Footnotes

  1. F or turn my ear

Cross references

  1. abPs 107:11; Pr 1:7,28–31; 12:1; 13:18

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and you say, “How I hated discipline,

and my heart despised reproof!

I did not listen to the voice of my teachers

or incline my ear to my instructors.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

You will say, “How I hated discipline!

How my heart spurned correction!

I would not obey my teachers

or turn my ear to my instructors.

NLTNew Living Translation

You will say, “How I hated discipline!

If only I had not ignored all the warnings!

Oh, why didn’t I listen to my teachers?

Why didn’t I pay attention to my instructors?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and say “How I hated discipline,

and I despised reproof!”

and “I did not listen to the voice of my teachers,

and I did not incline my ear to my instructors!

KJV 1900King James Version

And say, How have I hated instruction,

And my heart despised reproof;

And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers,

Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!