Proverbs 5:13

11 At the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are spent,

12 and you will say, “How I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!

I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.

14 I am on the brink of utter ruin in the midst of the whole assembly.”

15 Drink water from your own cistern, and running water from your own well.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my mentors.
KJV
And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
WEB
I haven’t obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor turned my ear to those who instructed me!
ASV
Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!
DARBY
and I have not hearkened unto the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to those that instructed me;
BLB
And I have not listened to the voice of my instructors, and I have not inclined my ear to those teaching me.
ÅB
så jeg ikke hørte på dem som lærte meg, og ikke bøyde mitt øre til dem som veiledet meg!
OTB
Jeg hørte ikke på mine læreres røst, og jeg lyttet ikke til mine veiledere.
B1930
så jeg ikke hørte på dem som lærte mig, og ikke bøide mitt øre til dem som veiledet mig!

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