Proverbs 5:12

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Proverbs 5:12

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Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Proverbs 5

¹⁰ lest strangers feast on your wealth, and your labors enrich the house of a foreigner.

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

¹² and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

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

¹⁴ I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”

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