Proverbs 5:12

Avoid Seduction

¹¹ At the end of your life, you will lament
when your physical body has been consumed,
¹² and you will say, “How I hated discipline,
and how my heart despised correction.
¹³ I didn’t obey my teachers
or listen closely to my mentors.

No

Proverbs 12:1

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but one who hates correction is stupid.

Proverbs 1:22

“How long, foolish ones, will you love ignorance?
How long will you mockers enjoy mocking
and you fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 1:25

since you neglected all my counsel
and did not accept my correction,

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Genesis 19:9

“Get out of the way!” they said, adding, “This one came here as a foreigner, but he’s acting like a judge! Now we’ll do more harm to you than to them.” They put pressure on Lot and came up to break down the door.

Exodus 2:13-14

The next day he went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your neighbor?”

2 Chronicles 24:20-22

The Spirit of God took control of Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood above the people and said to them, “This is what God says, ‘Why are you transgressing the Lord’s commands and you do not prosper? Because you have abandoned the Lord, He has abandoned you.’”

2 Chronicles 25:16

While he was still speaking to him, the king asked, “Have we made you the king’s counselor? Stop, why should you lose your life?”

So the prophet stopped, but he said, “I know that God intends to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my advice.”

2 Chronicles 33:10-11

The Lord spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they didn’t listen.

2 Chronicles 36:16

But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, despising His words, and scoffing at His prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against His people that there was no remedy.

Psalm 50:17

You hate instruction
and turn your back on My words.

Psalm 73:22

I was stupid and didn’t understand;
I was an unthinking animal toward You.

Proverbs 1:29-30

Because they hated knowledge,
didn’t choose to fear the Lord,

Proverbs 6:23

For a command is a lamp, teaching is a light,
and corrective discipline is the way to life.

Proverbs 13:18

Poverty and disgrace come to those
who ignore discipline,
but the one who accepts correction will be honored.

Proverbs 15:5

A fool despises his father’s discipline,
but a person who accepts correction is sensible.

Jeremiah 44:4

So I sent you all My servants the prophets time and time again, saying: Don’t do this detestable thing that I hate.

Zechariah 1:4-6

Do not be like your ancestors; the earlier prophets proclaimed to them: This is what the Lord of Hosts says: Turn from your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they did not listen or pay attention to Me”—this is the Lord’s declaration.

Zechariah 7:11-14

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.

John 3:19-20

“This, then, is the judgment: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.