Proverbs 5:12
Proverbs 5:7-14 The Message (MSG)
So, my friend, listen closely; don’t treat my words casually. Keep your distance from such a woman; absolutely stay out of her neighborhood. You don’t want to squander your wonderful life, to waste your precious life among the hardhearted. Why should you allow strangers to take advantage of you? Why be exploited by those who care nothing for you? You don’t want to end your life full of regrets, nothing but sin and bones, Saying, “Oh, why didn’t I do what they told me? Why did I reject a disciplined life? Why didn’t I listen to my mentors, or take my teachers seriously? My life is ruined! I haven’t one blessed thing to show for my life!”
Proverbs 5:12 King James Version (KJV)
And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof
Proverbs 5:12 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
And you say, “How I have hated instruction! And my heart spurned reproof!
Proverbs 5:12 New Century Version (NCV)
Then you will say, “I hated being told what to do! I would not listen to correction!
Proverbs 5:12 American Standard Version (ASV)
And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof
Proverbs 5:12 New International Version (NIV)
You will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!
Proverbs 5:12 New King James Version (NKJV)
And say: “How I have hated instruction, And my heart despised correction!
Proverbs 5:12 Amplified Bible (AMP)
And you say, “How I hated instruction and discipline, And my heart despised correction and reproof!
Proverbs 5:12 New Living Translation (NLT)
You will say, “How I hated discipline! If only I had not ignored all the warnings!