Proverbs 5:12

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Prov 12:1 : 1 Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 1:25 : 25 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:
  • Prov 15:5 : 5 A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
  • Jer 44:4 : 4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
  • Zech 1:4-6 : 4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Return ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith Jehovah. 5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? 6 But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? and they turned and said, Like as Jehovah of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us.
  • Zech 7:11-14 : 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear. 12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which Jehovah of hosts had sent by his Spirit by the former prophets: therefore there came great wrath from Jehovah of hosts. 13 And it is come to pass that, as he cried, and they would not hear, so they shall cry, and I will not hear, said Jehovah of hosts; 14 but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.
  • John 3:19-20 : 19 And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
  • Prov 1:29-30 : 29 For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah: 30 They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.
  • Prov 6:23 : 23 For the commandment is a lamp; And the law is light; And reproofs of instruction are the way of life:
  • Gen 19:9 : 9 And they said, Stand back. And they said, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and drew near to break the door.
  • Exod 2:13-14 : 13 And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? 14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? Thinkest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.
  • 2 Chr 24:20-22 : 20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of Jehovah, so that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken Jehovah, he hath also forsaken you. 21 And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of Jehovah. 22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, Jehovah look upon it, and require it.
  • 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that [the king] said unto him, Have we made thee of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
  • 2 Chr 33:10-11 : 10 And Jehovah spake to Manasseh, and to his people; but they gave no heed. 11 Wherefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
  • 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 but they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the wrath of Jehovah arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
  • Ps 50:17 : 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee?
  • Ps 73:22 : 22 So brutish was I, and ignorant; I was [as] a beast before thee.
  • Prov 13:18 : 18 Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.

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  • Prov 5:13-14
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    13Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

    14I was well-nigh in all evil In the midst of the assembly and congregation.

  • Ps 50:16-17
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    80%

    16But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, And that thou hast taken my covenant in thy mouth,

    17Seeing thou hatest instruction, And castest my words behind thee?

  • Prov 1:22-25
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    22How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?

    23Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you.

    24Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded;

    25But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof:

  • Prov 1:29-30
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    29For that they hated knowledge, And did not choose the fear of Jehovah:

    30They would none of my counsel; They despised all my reproof.

  • Prov 12:1
    77%

    1Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

  • Prov 15:5
    77%

    5A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.

  • Prov 15:10
    76%

    10There is grievous correction for him that forsaketh the way; [And] he that hateth reproof shall die.

  • Prov 15:31-32
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    75%

    31The ear that hearkeneth to the reproof of life Shall abide among the wise.

    32He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.

  • Prov 8:13
    73%

    13The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

  • Prov 13:18
    73%

    18Poverty and shame [shall be to] him that refuseth correction; But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.

  • Prov 3:11
    73%

    11My son, despise not the chastening of Jehovah; Neither be weary of his reproof:

  • Prov 10:17
    73%

    17He is in the way of life that heedeth correction; But he that forsaketh reproof erreth.

  • Heb 12:5
    72%

    5and ye have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son, regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, Nor faint when thou art reproved of him;

  • Amos 5:10
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    10They hate him that reproveth in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly.

  • Ps 55:12
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    12For it was not an enemy that reproached me; Then I could have borne it: Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; Then I would have hid myself from him:

  • Prov 15:12
    71%

    12A scoffer loveth not to be reproved; He will not go unto the wise.

  • Prov 5:11
    71%

    11And thou mourn at thy latter end, When thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

  • Ps 73:15
    71%

    15If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.

  • Prov 8:33
    71%

    33Hear instruction, and be wise, And refuse it not.

  • Prov 27:11
    71%

    11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

  • Prov 13:1
    71%

    1A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

  • Job 19:3
    71%

    3These ten times have ye reproached me: Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.

  • Job 19:18
    71%

    18Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.

  • Job 20:3
    71%

    3I have heard the reproof which putteth me to shame; And the spirit of my understanding answereth me.

  • Jer 12:8
    71%

    8My heritage is become unto me as a lion in the forest: she hath uttered her voice against me; therefore I have hated her.

  • Jer 31:19
    70%

    19Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.

  • Jer 32:33
    70%

    33And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: and though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

  • Prov 29:1
    70%

    1He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck Shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

  • Job 5:17
    70%

    17Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: Therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty.

  • Ps 6:1
    70%

    1[For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David]. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

  • Prov 23:12
    70%

    12Apply thy heart unto instruction, And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Job 6:24
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    24Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

  • Jer 4:18
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    18Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness; for it is bitter, for it reacheth unto thy heart.

  • Prov 1:8
    70%

    8My son, hear the instruction of thy father, And forsake not the law of thy mother:

  • Job 19:5
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    5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, And plead against me my reproach;

  • Prov 19:27
    70%

    27Cease, my son, to hear instruction [Only] to err from the words of knowledge.

  • Job 31:29
    70%

    29If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;

  • Prov 9:8
    70%

    8Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

  • Lam 5:22
    70%

    22But thou hast utterly rejected us; Thou art very wroth against us.

  • Job 34:31
    70%

    31For hath any said unto God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more] :

  • Ps 119:22
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    22Take away from me reproach and contempt; For I have kept thy testimonies.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3The foolishness of man subverteth his way; And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

  • Ps 50:21
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    21These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: [But] I will reprove thee, and set [them] in order before thine eyes.