Holy Scripture
Proverbs 5:12
A church father on this verse
“Why did I hate instruction? etc. He calls the instruction of ecclesiastical faith; the reproaches by which heretics are rebuked, why they withdrew from the Church, he refers to them. It is evident concerning fornicators.”
Source: Septuagint
Original
12And thou shalt say, How have I hated instruction, And my heart avoided reproofs!
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10Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, And thy labors come into the houses of strangers;
11And thou repent at last, When the flesh of thy body is consumed,
— Proverbs 5:12 —
13I heard not the voice of him that instructed me, and taught me, Neither did I apply mine ear.
14I was almost in all evil In the midst of the congregation and assembly.