NET Bible
"And you will say,“How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!"
— Proverbs 5:12, NET Bible
“And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;”
“And say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart despised reproof; ”
“and say, "How I have hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;”
“Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to reproof,”
“And you will say, How was teaching hated by me, and my heart put no value on training;”
“And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;”
lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person,
lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man’s house.
And at the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are wasted away.
And you will say,“How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof!
For I did not obey my teachers and I did not heed my instructors.
I almost came to complete ruin in the midst of the whole congregation!”
Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well.