Proverbs 5:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

And say, How haue I hated instruction, and mine heart despised correction!

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  • Prov 12:1 : 1 He that loueth instruction, loueth knowledge: but he that hateth correction, is a foole.
  • Prov 1:7 : 7 The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge?
  • Prov 1:25 : 25 But ye haue despised all my counsell, and would none of my correction.
  • Prov 15:5 : 5 A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.
  • Jer 44:4 : 4 Howbeit I sent vnto you all my seruats the Prophets rising earely, and sending them, saying, Oh doe not this abominable thing that I hate.
  • Zech 1:4-6 : 4 Be ye not as your fathers, vnto whome the former prophets haue cried, saying, Thus sayth the Lord of hostes, Turne you nowe from your euill wayes, and from your wicked workes: but they would not heare, nor hearken vnto me, saith the Lorde. 5 your fathers, where are they? and doe the Prophets liue for euer? 6 But did not my wordes and my statutes, which I commanded by my seruants ye Prophets, take holde of your fathers? and they returned, and sayd, As the Lord of hostes hath determined to doe vnto vs, according to our owne wayes, and according to our workes, so hath hee dealt with vs.
  • Zech 7:11-14 : 11 But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their eares, that they should not heare. 12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, least they should heare the Lawe and the wordes which the Lord of hostes sent in his spirit by the ministerie of ye former Prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hostes. 13 Therefore it is come to passe, that as he cried, and they would not heare, so they cried, and I would not heare, sayth the Lord of hostes. 14 Bnt I scattered them among al the nations, whom they knew not: thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they layd the pleasant land waste.
  • John 3:19-20 : 19 And this is the condemnation, that that light came into the worlde, and men loued darknesse rather then that light, because their deedes were euill. 20 For euery man that euill doeth, hateth the light, neither commeth to light, least his deedes should be reprooued.
  • Prov 1:29-30 : 29 Because they hated knowledge, and did not chuse the feare of the Lord. 30 They would none of my counsell, but despised all my correction.
  • Prov 6:23 : 23 For the commandement is a lanterne, and instruction a light: and corrections for instruction are the way of life,
  • Gen 19:9 : 9 Then they said, Away hence, and they said, He is come alone as a stranger, and shall he iudge and rule? We will nowe deale worse with thee then with them. So they preassed sore vpon Lot himselfe, and came to breake the doore.
  • Exod 2:13-14 : 13 Againe he came forth the second day, and behold, two Ebrewes stroue: and he said vnto him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellowe? 14 And hee answered, Who made thee a man of authoritie, and a iudge ouer vs? Thinkest thou to kill mee, as thou killedst the Egyptian? Then Moses feared and sayde, Certainly this thing is knowen.
  • 2 Chr 24:20-22 : 20 And the Spirit of God came vpon Zechariah the sonne of Iehoiada the Priest, which stoode aboue the people, and sayde vnto them, Thus sayth God, Why transgresse ye the commaundements of the Lorde? surely ye shall not prosper: because ye haue forsaken the Lorde, he also hath forsaken you. 21 Then they conspired against him & stoned him with stones at the commandement of the King, in the court of the house of the Lord. 22 Thus Ioash the King remembred not the kindnesse which Iehoiada his father had done to him, but slewe his sonne; when he dyed, he sayd, The Lord looke vpon it, and require it.
  • 2 Chr 25:16 : 16 And as he talked with him, he said vnto him, Haue they made thee the Kings counseler? cease thou: why should they smite thee? And the Prophet ceased, but said, I knowe that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not obeyed my counsell.
  • 2 Chr 33:10-11 : 10 And the Lorde spake to Manasseh and to his people, but they would not regarde. 11 Wherefore the Lorde brought vpon them the captaines of the hoste of the King of Asshur, which tooke Manasseh and put him in fetters, & bound him in chaines, & caryed him to Babel.
  • 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God and despised his wordes, and misused his Prophets, vntill the wrath of the Lorde arose against his people, and till there was no remedie.
  • Ps 50:17 : 17 Seeing thou hatest to bee reformed, and hast cast my wordes behinde thee?
  • Ps 73:22 : 22 So foolish was I & ignorant: I was a beast before thee.
  • Prov 13:18 : 18 Pouertie and shame is to him that refuseth instruction: but hee that regardeth correction, shalbe honoured.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 5:13-14
    2 verses
    87%

    13And haue not obeied the voyce of them that taught mee, nor enclined mine eare to them that instructed me!

    14I was almost brought into all euil in ye mids of the Congregation and assemblie.

  • Ps 50:16-17
    2 verses
    80%

    16But vnto the wicked said God, What hast thou to doe to declare mine ordinances, that thou shouldest take my couenant in thy mouth,

    17Seeing thou hatest to bee reformed, and hast cast my wordes behinde thee?

  • Prov 1:22-25
    4 verses
    79%

    22O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge?

    23(Turne you at my correction: loe, I will powre out my mind vnto you, and make you vnderstand my wordes)

    24Because I haue called, & ye refused: I haue stretched out mine hand, & none woulde regarde.

    25But ye haue despised all my counsell, and would none of my correction.

  • Prov 1:29-30
    2 verses
    78%

    29Because they hated knowledge, and did not chuse the feare of the Lord.

    30They would none of my counsell, but despised all my correction.

  • Prov 12:1
    77%

    1He that loueth instruction, loueth knowledge: but he that hateth correction, is a foole.

  • Prov 15:5
    77%

    5A foole despiseth his fathers instruction: but he that regardeth correction, is prudent.

  • Prov 15:10
    76%

    10Instruction is euill to him that forsaketh the way, and he that hateth correction, shall die.

  • Prov 15:31-32
    2 verses
    75%

    31The eare that hearkeneth to the correction of life, shall lodge among the wise.

    32Hee that refuseth instruction, despiseth his owne soule: but he that obeyeth correction, getteth vnderstanding.

  • Prov 8:13
    73%

    13The feare of the Lord is to hate euill as pride, and arrogancie, and the euill way: and a mouth that speaketh lewde things, I doe hate.

  • Prov 13:18
    73%

    18Pouertie and shame is to him that refuseth instruction: but hee that regardeth correction, shalbe honoured.

  • Prov 3:11
    73%

    11My sonne, refuse not the chastening of the Lord, neither be grieued with his correction.

  • Prov 10:17
    73%

    17He that regardeth instruction, is in the way of life: but he that refuseth correction, goeth out of the way.

  • Heb 12:5
    72%

    5And ye haue forgotten the consolation, which speaketh vnto you as vnto children, My sonne, despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither faint when thou art rebuked of him.

  • Amos 5:10
    72%

    10They haue hated him, that rebuked in the gate: and they abhorred him that speaketh vprightly.

  • Ps 55:12
    72%

    12Surely mine enemie did not defame mee: for I could haue borne it: neither did mine aduersarie exalt himselfe against mee: for I would haue hid me from him.

  • Prov 15:12
    71%

    12A scorner loueth not him that rebuketh him, neither will he goe vnto the wise.

  • Prov 5:11
    71%

    11And thou mourne at thine end, (when thou hast consumed thy flesh and thy bodie)

  • Ps 73:15
    71%

    15If I say, I will iudge thus, beholde the generation of thy children: I haue trespassed.

  • Prov 8:33
    71%

    33Heare instruction, and be ye wise, and refuse it not:

  • Prov 27:11
    71%

    11My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.

  • Prov 13:1
    71%

    1A wise sonne will obey the instruction of his father: but a scorner will heare no rebuke.

  • Job 19:3
    71%

    3Ye haue now ten times reproched me, and are not ashamed: ye are impudent toward mee.

  • Job 19:18
    71%

    18The wicked also despised mee, and when I rose, they spake against me.

  • Job 20:3
    71%

    3I haue heard the correction of my reproch: therefore the spirite of mine vnderstanding causeth me to answere.

  • Jer 12:8
    71%

    8Mine heritage is vnto mee, as a lion in the forest: it crieth out against mee, therefore haue I hated it.

  • Jer 31:19
    70%

    19Surely after that I conuerted, I repented: and after that I was instructed, I smote vpon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, euen confounded, because I did beare the reproch of my youth.

  • Jer 32:33
    70%

    33And they haue turned vnto me the backe and not the face: though I taught them rising vp earely, and instructing them, yet they were not obedient to receiue doctrine,

  • Prov 29:1
    70%

    1A man that hardeneth his necke when he is rebuked, shall suddenly be destroyed and can not be cured.

  • Job 5:17
    70%

    17Beholde, blessed is the man whome God correcteth: therefore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almightie.

  • Ps 6:1
    70%

    1To him that excelleth on Neginoth vpon the eight tune. A Psalme of Dauid. O lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chastise me in thy wrath.

  • Prov 23:12
    70%

    12Apply thine heart to instruction, and thine eares to the wordes of knowledge.

  • Job 6:24
    70%

    24Teach me, and I wil hold my tongue: & cause me to vnderstande, wherein I haue erred.

  • Jer 4:18
    70%

    18Thy wayes and thine inuentions haue procured thee these things, such is thy wickednesse: therefore it shall be bitter, therefore it shall perce vnto thine heart.

  • Prov 1:8
    70%

    8My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.

  • Job 19:5
    70%

    5But in deede if ye will aduance your selues against me, and rebuke me for my reproche,

  • Prov 19:27
    70%

    27My sonne, heare no more the instruction, that causeth to erre from ye words of knowledge.

  • Job 31:29
    70%

    29If I reioyced at his destruction that hated me, or was mooued to ioye when euill came vpon him,

  • Prov 9:8
    70%

    8Rebuke not a scorner, least he hate thee: but rebuke a wise man, and he will loue thee.

  • Lam 5:22
    70%

    22But thou hast vtterly reiected vs: thou art exceedingly angry against vs.

  • Job 34:31
    70%

    31Surely it appertaineth vnto God to say, I haue pardoned, I will not destroy.

  • Ps 119:22
    70%

    22Remoue from mee shame and contempt: for I haue kept thy testimonies.

  • Prov 19:3
    70%

    3The foolishnesse of a man peruerteth his way, and his heart freateth against the Lord.

  • Ps 50:21
    70%

    21These things hast thou done, and I held my tongue: therefore thou thoughtest that I was like thee: but I will reproue thee, and set them in order before thee.