What does Proverbs 5:13 mean?

Proverbs 5:13 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Proverbs 5:13 today?

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

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

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!

14I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly.

15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

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