Pro 12:1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is stupid.
Pro 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.
A RASN (reviler, abuser, sociopath, narcissist) refuses to be corrected. He knows that he knows and no one is going to tell him otherwise. This is what makes him stupid – a fool.
RASNs do not look ahead and calculate consequences of their actions. They dwell on the present. If they were wise, they would realize that their self-worship is counterproductive. Domestic abusers for instance often have an excellent wife. And yet the abuser sets out to control her. He often sabotages her work. He destroys her relationships. He demolishes his marriage and has to spend thousands of dollars in a divorce. But he will never see it. He will never examine himself.
Pro 10:8 The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
Pro 17:10 A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
A fool is headed for hell. But don’t try to tell him so. Not only is it a waste of breath….
Pro 29:9 If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.
This is the ultimate folly, the greatest act of stupidity habitually carried out by the RASN is his exaltation of himself so that he, not God, is the center of the universe:
Psa 14:1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good.
Turn away from such a person as soon as you can.
Veronica Miyake
I remember when I would call the ex (a total RASN) stupid, some of my Christian friends said I shouldn’t use that word. My reply to them was, “Why not? The Lord does!” (Psalm 12 that you quoted above.) He hated instruction and listened to no one, and ignored and verbally abused anyone who reproved him. The Lord Himself calls him stupid.
Veronica Miyake
Oops….Proverbs 12, not Pslams. Sorry, senior moment 😜