15 He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD. – very foolish!
16 Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense?
17 A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
18 One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor. – very foolish!
19 Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction. – very foolish!
20 A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity. – very foolish!
21 He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.
*****22 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.***** – so true!
23 The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.
24 The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth. – very foolish to want everything and not to be aiming at a real goal!
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
26 To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness. – very foolish!
27 Whoever restrains his words has knowledge,and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. – very wise! cool not a fool!
28 Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. – at last a wise fool!
Comment: Above I have played around with the word ‘fool’. Remember that in the Bible the word ‘fool’ is used to translate a number of concepts. In Proverbs the word is different from the word ‘simple’. Here in Proverbs it tends to refer to a person who chooses his own thinking above Godly wisdom!
Prayer: Again Father I pray for Your sort of Wisdom for I dare not trust my own.
As I read it! 