King James Version
Proverbs 5:13 in the King James Version says “And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!”
Proverbs 5:13 · KJV
And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“And have not obeyed”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“of my teachers”
H3384properly, to flow as water (i.e., to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e., to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by
“to them that instructed”
H3925properly, to goad, i.e., (by implication) to teach (the rod being an middle eastern incentive)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“nor inclined”
H5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows)
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