Proverbs 12:1 Whoso loves instruction loves knowledge: but he that hates reproof is brutish.
‘Instruction’ [Hebrew: muwcar] to understand; comprehend; chasten; discipline.
‘Whoso loves instruction loves knowledge.’ The one who rejects wisdom and sins against her does so to the damnation of his own soul (8:36). It is therefore not so much sin and satan, but the man himself that is responsible for his rejection or reception of wisdom which leads to eternal life. If he receives the teaching of God, sin will not have dominion over him, and if he resists satan, the devil will flee from him (Jas. 4:7; Rom. 6:14-23; 8:12-13).
‘But he that hates reproof is brutish.’ He is as stupid as an animal (cp. Pro. 30:2; Ps. 49:10; 73:22; 92:6).
Seven facts about the wicked: They are brutish (Ps. 92:6). They are ignorant of the truth. They are fools. They work iniquity (Ps. 92:7-8). They are enemies of God (Ps. 92:9). They shall be scattered. They shall perish; be destroyed forever off the earth (Ps. 92:7, 9).
Those who live with their consequences and in lives that are broken and sometimes beyond repair because of continuous iniquities are guilty of hating instruction. They don’t follow any godly advice (20:18; Ps. 1:1) and hate to ask for it, for they are almost always wise in their own eyes (3:7; Rom. 11:25). God’s Word is perfect in converting the soul and it makes the simple wise (Ps. 19:7). It is the Wisdom we should hear, walk in and obey (8:32,34; Ps. 119:2).
Ignorance is the state of the average heathen who gets to know only a little about nature. Christianity teaches man the true and full knowledge of God and nature and of the origin and destiny of all things (Acts 15:18; Eph. 2:7; 3:9-11).
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