Proverbs 5:13 - Exposition

And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me. The ruined profligate admits he was not without teachers and advisers, but that he gave no heed to their warnings and reproofs. Have not obeyed the voice ( lo-shama'ti b'kol ) . The same phrase occurs in Genesis 27:13 ; Exodus 18:19 ; Deuteronomy 26:14 ; 2 Samuel 12:18 . The verb shama is primarily "to hear," and then "to obey," "to give heed to," like the Greek ἀκούω .