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Fairness School

15 

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent—
     both are detestable to the Lord.

16 

It is senseless to pay to educate a fool,
     since he has no heart for learning.

Verse 15

Judges should make fair decisions. We all must be honest.

A judge should not accept a bribe (secret gift). He should not follow his own feelings and emotions. He should listen to the evidence. He should try to make the right decision.

A judge is evil if he does not punish guilty men. A judge is evil if he punishes innocent men. This is always true, even if the judge has reasons for his unfair actions.

Verse 16

Solomon uses humor here. By ‘fool’, he means a person who hates wisdom.

The fool wastes his money. He might buy ordinary things, or even sensible things. However, Solomon says that the fool wastes his money. The fool did not get the one thing that he needed. Wisdom is the only thing that a fool really needs. A fool wastes everything until he gets wisdom.

Wisdom is precious. It is worth more than gold (Proverbs 8:10). We cannot buy wisdom, but we can learn to be wise.

Many people justify the wicked and condemn the righteous, calling it "Politics as Usual." We've become numb to this behavior and forgotten that it’s an abomination to God. As a nation, this puts us in serious trouble.

In Verse 16, a fool is equated with someone who rebels against God. Such a person can never gain wisdom because true wisdom begins with respecting God.

Let me ask you: Do you think it’s okay for a politician to lie if they plan to do something good for the country? What do you think God would say about that?

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