Proverbs 5:12 (BSB)

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

From Proverbs 5. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 5:12

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 5:1-14: Here we have, I. A solemn preface, to introduce the caution which follows, Pro 5:1, Pro 5:2. Solomon here addresses himself to his son, that is, to all young men, as unto his children, whom he has an affection for and some influence upon. In God's name, he demands attention; for he writes by divine inspiration, and is a prophet, though he begins not with, Thus saith the Lord.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 5:12: And say, how have I hated instruction,.... To live virtuously, and avoid the adulterous woman; this he says, as wondering at his stupidity, folly, and madness, that he should hate and abhor that which was so much his interest to have observed.
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 5:12: The ruined sinner vainly laments his neglect of warning and his sad fate in being brought to public disgrace.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 5:12-14: Pro 5:12-14 The poet now tells those whom he warns to hear how the voluptuary, looking back on his life-course, passes sentence against himself. 12 And thou sayest, “Why have I then hated correction, And my heart despised instruction! 13 And I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, Nor lent mine ear to my instructors?