Proverbs 5:12

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Proverbs 5:12

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

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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

A fool despiseth his father's correction; but he that taketh heed when he is reproved, shall have the more understanding.

whereas thou hatest to be reformed, and hast cast my words behind thee?

So foolish was I, and ignorant, even as it were a beast before thee.

Nevertheless, they would not take heed, but turned their backs and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

And this is the condemnation: that light is come into the world, and the men have loved darkness more than light, because their deeds were evil.

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but all my counsels have ye despised and set my corrections to naught.

For the commandment is a lantern, and the law a light: yea, chastening and nurture is the way of life:

Whoso loveth wisdom, will be content to be reformed; but he that hateth to be reproved, is a fool.

He that thinketh scorn to be reformed, cometh to poverty and shame; but whoso receiveth correction, shall come to honour.

And they said, "Come hither." And they said, "Camest thou not in to sojourn, and wilt thou be now a judge? We will surely deal worse with thee than with them. And as they pressed sore upon Lot and began to break up the door,

And he went out another day: and behold, two Hebrews strove together. And he said unto him that did the wrong, "Wherefore smitest thou thine neighbor?"

And the spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, and he stepped up above the people and said to them, "Thus sayeth God: 'Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD? Ye shall therefore not prosper, but as ye have forsaken him, so shall he forsake you.'"

And as the prophet spake to him, he said to the prophet, "Have men made thee of the king's counsel? Cease, lest thou be beaten." And the prophet ceased, and said, "I am sure that God hath taken counsel to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and obeyest not my counsel."

And when the LORD spake to Manasseh and to his people, they attended not to him.

But they mocked the messengers of God and despised their words and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD so arose against his people that it was past remedy.

Howbeit, I sent unto them my servants all the prophets: I rose up early, I sent unto them, and gave them warning. 'O do no such abominable things, and things that I hate.'

Be not ye like your forefathers, unto whom the Prophets cried afore time, saying, 'Thus sayeth the LORD God of hosts: Turn you from your evil ways, and from your wicked imaginations.' But they would not hear, nor regard me, sayeth the LORD.