The way of transgressors is hard - Never was a truer saying; most sinners have more pain and difficulty to get their souls damned, than the righteous have, with all their cross-bearings, to get to the kingdom of heaven.
SDA Bible Commentary (limited)
Volume 1-7
16. Dealeth with knowledge. That is, “act understandingly.” The fool flaunts his foolishness in public, either because he does not realize that it is folly, or because he does not care (see ch.15:2).