12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-14)Here we have, I. A solemn preface, to introduce the caution which follows, Prov. 5:1 , 2 . Solomon here addresses himself to his son, that is, to all young men, as unto his children, whom he has an affection for and some influence upon. In God’s name, he demands attention; for he writes by divine inspiration, and is a prophet, though he begins not with, Thus saith the Lord. “Attend, and bow thy ea…
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