Proverbs 5:13

13 "I have not listened to the voice of my ¹teachers, Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!

Proverbs 5:13 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 5:13

And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers
Parents, tutors, masters, and ministers of the word; neither regarded the advice of parents, nor the instructions of tutors, nor the commands of masters, nor the sermons of ministers: these are all lost on some persons; they are proof against them all; these make no impressions upon them, and are of no use to them; nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
or to my masters, as the Targum and Vulgate Latin version; turned away the ear from them, stopped it to them, and would not hear what they had to say; at least would not receive it, and act according to it.

Proverbs 5:13 In-Context

11 And you groan at your final end, When your flesh and your body are consumed;

12 And you say, "How I have hated instruction! And my heart spurned reproof!

13 "I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined my ear to my instructors!

14 "I was almost in utter ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation."

15 Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well.

Cross References

• 1. Proverbs 1:8