Proverbs 5:13

13 and have not obeyed the voice of those who chastened me, nor inclined my ear to those that instructed me!

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 thou mourn at the last when thy flesh and thy body are consumed

12 and say, How have I hated chastening and my heart despised reproof

13 and have not obeyed the voice of those who chastened me, nor inclined my ear to those that instructed me!

14 I have been in almost every kind of evil, in the midst of society and of the congregation.

15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern and running waters out of thine own well.