Proverbs 5:12

Translations

Modern

…and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

Traditional

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

Literal

…and you say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart spurned rebuke!

Latin

Cur detestatus sum disciplinam, et increpationibus non acquievit cor meum,

Interlinear

Hebrew

English

…and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

Notes

Proverbs 5:1–23

These instructions on loving one's wife and avoiding immoral women were originally for young men starting their careers (see also Proverbs 2:16–22; 7:1–27). This topic is also common in ancient Egyptian wisdom writings.

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Marriage and Sexuality

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