NET Bible
"For I did not obey my teachers and I did not heed my instructors."
— Proverbs 5:13, NET Bible
“And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!”
“Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! ”
“neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!”
“And have not heard the voice of them that taught me, and have not inclined my ear to masters?”
“I did not give attention to the voice of my teachers, my ear was not turned to those who were guiding me!”
“And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!”
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.
Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas?