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
Read Proverbs 5:12 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
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.
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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