Proverbs 5:12

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You will say, 'How I hated discipline, and my heart despised correction!'

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  • Prov 12:1 : 1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but one who hates correction is senseless.
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 How long, simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 1:25 : 25 And you ignored all my advice and would have none of my correction,
  • Prov 15:5 : 5 A fool despises his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction is wise.
  • Jer 44:4 : 4 I sent you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying: 'Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.'
  • Zech 1:4-6 : 4 Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: 'This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Turn now from your evil ways and your evil deeds.' But they would not listen or pay attention to me, declares the Lord. 5 Where are your ancestors now? And do the prophets live forever? 6 But my words and my decrees, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your ancestors? So they repented and said, 'As the Lord of Hosts planned to do to us, according to our ways and our deeds, so He has done to us.'
  • Zech 7:11-14 : 11 But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder. They stopped their ears so they would not hear. 12 They made their hearts as hard as flint, refusing to hear the law and the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore, great wrath came from the LORD of Hosts. 13 'Just as I called, and they did not listen, so when they call, I will not listen,' says the LORD of Hosts. 14 'I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known. The land was left so desolate behind them that no one could come or go. This is how they made the pleasant land a wasteland.'
  • John 3:19-20 : 19 This is the verdict: The light has come into the world, but people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.
  • Prov 1:29-30 : 29 Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD, 30 They would have none of my counsel and despised all my correction.
  • Prov 6:23 : 23 For the commandment is a lamp, the teaching is a light, and the corrections of discipline are the way to life.
  • Gen 19:9 : 9 They replied, "Get out of the way! This man came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to act as a judge! We’ll treat you worse than them." They pressed hard against Lot and moved forward to break down the door.
  • Exod 2:13-14 : 13 The next day he went out and saw two Hebrew men fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, 'Why are you striking your companion?' 14 The man replied, 'Who made you a ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?' Moses was afraid and thought, 'Surely this matter is known.'
  • 2 Chr 24:20-22 : 20 Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah, the son of Jehoiada the priest. Standing above the people, he said to them, 'This is what God says: Why do you disobey the Lord's commands and bring about your own failure? Because you have forsaken the Lord, He has also forsaken you.' 21 But they conspired against him, and at the king's command, they stoned him to death in the courtyard of the house of the Lord. 22 King Joash did not remember the kindness that Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had shown him but killed his son. As Zechariah was dying, he said, 'May the Lord see this and call you to account.'
  • 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 While the prophet was still speaking, Amaziah said to him, 'Have we made you the king's counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?' The prophet stopped but said, 'I know that God has determined to destroy you because you have done this and have not listened to my advice.'
  • 2 Chr 33:10-11 : 10 The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they did not listen. 11 So the LORD brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
  • 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against His people beyond remedy.
  • Ps 50:17 : 17 For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.
  • Ps 73:22 : 22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.
  • Prov 13:18 : 18 Poverty and shame come to those who ignore discipline, but those who heed correction are honored.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 5:13-14
    2 verses
    87%

    13I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors.

    14I was on the verge of total ruin in the midst of the assembly and the congregation.

  • Ps 50:16-17
    2 verses
    80%

    16But to the wicked God says: 'What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips?

    17For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you.

  • Prov 1:22-25
    4 verses
    79%

    22How long, simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?

    23If you turn at my correction, behold, I will pour out my Spirit to you; I will make my words known to you.

    24Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand, but no one paid attention,

    25And you ignored all my advice and would have none of my correction,

  • Prov 1:29-30
    2 verses
    78%

    29Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD,

    30They would have none of my counsel and despised all my correction.

  • Prov 12:1
    77%

    1Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but one who hates correction is senseless.

  • Prov 15:5
    77%

    5A fool despises his father's discipline, but whoever heeds correction is wise.

  • Prov 15:10
    76%

    10Harsh discipline comes to those who forsake the right path; anyone who hates correction will die.

  • Prov 15:31-32
    2 verses
    75%

    31The ear that listens to life-giving correction will dwell among the wise.

    32Those who ignore discipline despise themselves, but those who heed correction gain understanding.

  • Prov 8:13
    73%

    13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior, and perverse speech.

  • Prov 13:18
    73%

    18Poverty and shame come to those who ignore discipline, but those who heed correction are honored.

  • Prov 3:11
    73%

    11My son, do not despise the LORD's discipline, and do not be weary of His reproof.

  • Prov 10:17
    73%

    17The one who heeds discipline is on the path of life, but the one who rejects correction leads others astray.

  • Heb 12:5
    72%

    5And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not take lightly the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when you are reproved by Him."

  • Amos 5:10
    72%

    10They hate the one who reproves in the gate and despise the one who speaks with honesty.

  • Ps 55:12
    72%

    12Destruction is in its midst; oppression and deceit do not leave its streets.

  • Prov 15:12
    71%

    12A mocker resents correction; he will not consult the wise.

  • Prov 5:11
    71%

    11At the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are spent.

  • Ps 73:15
    71%

    15If I had spoken out like that, I would have betrayed Your children.

  • Prov 8:33
    71%

    33Listen to instruction and be wise; do not neglect it.

  • Prov 27:11
    71%

    11Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I may answer anyone who reproaches me.

  • Prov 13:1
    71%

    1A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a mocker does not heed rebuke.

  • Job 19:3
    71%

    3You have insulted me ten times now; you are not even ashamed that you mistreat me.

  • Job 19:18
    71%

    18Even little children despise me; when I rise, they speak against me.

  • Job 20:3
    71%

    3I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, and my understanding prompts me to reply.

  • Jer 12:8
    71%

    8My inheritance has become to me like a lion in the forest; she roars against me, therefore I hate her.

  • Jer 31:19
    70%

    19After I turned away, I repented; after I came to understand, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.

  • Jer 32:33
    70%

    33They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Though I taught them persistently, they refused to listen or accept correction.

  • Prov 29:1
    70%

    1A man who is often corrected but stubbornly stiffens his neck will be suddenly broken beyond healing.

  • Job 5:17
    70%

    17Behold, blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

  • Ps 6:1
    70%

    1For the director, with stringed instruments, on the eighth. A psalm of David.

  • Prov 23:12
    70%

    12Apply your heart to discipline, and your ears to the words of knowledge.

  • Job 6:24
    70%

    24Teach me, and I will be silent; help me understand where I have gone astray.

  • Jer 4:18
    70%

    18Your own way and your deeds have caused this to you; this is your calamity. How bitter it is! It has reached your very heart.

  • Prov 1:8
    70%

    8Listen, my son, to your father's instruction, and do not forsake your mother's teaching,

  • Job 19:5
    70%

    5If indeed you are exalting yourselves over me and using my disgrace to argue against me,

  • Prov 19:27
    70%

    27Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

  • Job 31:29
    70%

    29If I have rejoiced at my enemy's misfortune or gloated when harm came to him—

  • Prov 9:8
    70%

    8Do not rebuke a mocker, or they will hate you; rebuke a wise person, and they will love you.

  • Lam 5:22
    70%

    22Unless you have utterly rejected us and are exceedingly angry with us.

  • Job 34:31
    70%

    31Suppose someone says to God, 'I have borne punishment; I will not offend anymore.'

  • Ps 119:22
    70%

    22Remove from me scorn and contempt, for I have kept Your testimonies.

  • Prov 19:3
    70%

    3A man’s foolishness twists his way, and his heart rages against the LORD.

  • Ps 50:21
    70%

    21These things you have done, and I kept silent; you thought I was like you. But I will rebuke you and lay the case before your eyes.