Proverbs 5:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Proverbs 5:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Proverbs 5:12 in 6 Bible Translations

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Proverbs 5:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“and say, “How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof.”

Proverbs 5:12 — World English Bible

Proverbs 5:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Proverbs 5:12 — American Standard Version

Proverbs 5:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And hast said, `How have I hated instruction, And reproof hath my heart despised,”

Proverbs 5:12 — Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 5:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“and thou say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof! ”

Proverbs 5:12 — Darby Translation

Proverbs 5:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

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

Proverbs 5:12 — Geneva Bible

Proverbs 5:12 in Context — Proverbs 5

10 Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

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

13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

14 I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

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What Does Proverbs 5:12 Mean?

Proverbs 5:12 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 5. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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