Some Thoughts From Proverbs 27

Proverbs 9:27

Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle
    along with crushed grain,
    yet his folly will not depart from him.

The writer of Proverbs has already informed his reader that folly is not changed by instruction, discipline, parental guidance, or favorable relationships. Then he adds the fact that suffering will not change the fool.  Why are these things so?  The answer for the Bible student is that folly, like sin from which it has its origin, is a product of nature.  The nature is changed only by the New Birth.

There is a natural wisdom.  But the wisdom of James 1:5 is spiritual, a donation, and is found uniquely in believers..  The Scriptures are plain.  You can never expect a fool to be anything but a fool.

James 1:5

⁵ If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.