Cross references

Proverbs 5:12

and you will say, “How I hated discipline,

and my heart despised reproof!

Proverbs 5:12 BSB

Proverbs 5:12 has 20 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 11 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 12:1 (8 votes) and Proverbs 1:7 (5 votes). 41 other verses point back to it. It links with 19 other books, from Genesis 19 to 1 Corinthians 6.

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Which verses does Proverbs 5:12 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

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

  2. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

  3. “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

  4. because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,

  5. A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.

  6. The next day Moses went out and saw two Hebrews fighting. He asked the one in the wrong, “Why are you attacking your companion?” But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”

  7. For you hate My instruction and cast My words behind you.

  8. Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored.

  9. Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’

  10. Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Turn now from your evil ways and deeds.’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me, declares the LORD. Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever? …

Which verses point to Proverbs 5:12?

The 10 strongest of 41.