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You've probably gotten a lot of spam like this:
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Every time I get one of these, I can see someone filling out a job
application claiming a degree from some high-sounding, (non-accredited)
university with a resume as phony as the diploma. I think of what the
Book of Proverbs says about this: "Why does a fool offer the sage a
fee, when he has no mind to learn?" (Prov. 17:16, Moffatt).
Though it's probably out of print, a great little book on the Proverbs
is, Proverbs: An Introduction and Commentary. It's by The Rev. Derek
Kidner, M.A. published by Inter-Varsity Press. It's part of Tyndale
Old Testament Commentaries. Kidner has some insightful things to say
about this fool.
He "laps up" what the sages have to say, and when he opens his mouth,
he doesn't understand how foolish he sounds (15:2). Even when he
quotes a proverb, it sounds as limp as the legs on a lame man (26:7).
When he makes a move that he thinks will sound intelligent, he really
shows his stupidity (13:16).
Kidner says, "The root of his trouble is spiritual, not mental. He
likes his folly, going back to it `like a dog that returns to his
vomit.'" He has no morality for truth, but will use deception like
false degrees and resumes. "The folly of fools is deception" (14:8).
The root of their complete lack of morality is that "since they hated
knowledge [they] did not choose to fear the Lord" (1:29).
The fool is more than just a problem (14:7); he is a menace. "Better
to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly." Keep your
distance (17:12).
Probably, saddest of all, is the fact that you can't disown him. The
fool brings sorrow to his parents (10:1; 17:21), bitterness (17:25) and
calamity (19:13). Kidner says, "It is the price of loving him; but it
causes him no qualms--he despises them (15:20).
I have a suggestion. Instead of trying to pass off a phony diploma and
resume, how about going back to school?
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