What does Proverbs 5:11 mean?

Proverbs 5:11 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Proverbs 5:11 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

9Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel:

10Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger;

11And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,

12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

13And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

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