Fools will not stand before your eyes. Their hearts are full of folly. Another thing, fools are those who bring lamentation to the world. Another thing, fools are those who cause confusion.
As it is said (Ecclesiastes 2:2), "I said of laughter, 'It is mad.'" Rabbi Yissachar said, a person can amass piles of sins, and God says, "Let him repent," and he is considered as if he had never sinned, as it is written (Job 11:11), "For He knows men of falsehood; He sees iniquity without investigating it." Rabbi Simon interpreted the verse concerning Ishmael (Genesis 21:19), "Then God opened her eyes," to mean that God reveals the truth to those who are willing to see it.
The ministering angels said to God, "Master of the Universe, if a person is destined to kill Your children out of thirst, why do You give him a well?" As it is said (Isaiah 21:13), "A burden upon Arabia." God asked them, "Is this person righteous or wicked?" They replied, "Righteous."
God said, "I judge a person based on his actions at that moment, as it is said (Genesis 21:17), 'For God has heard the cry of the lad where he is.'" Rabbi Chanina bar Papa interpreted the verse concerning Jeroboam (1 Kings 11:29), "And they two alone in the field," to mean that the measure of his sin was equal to that of his contemporary, the Shilonite. They both sat to study the work of the Divine Chariot.
The ministering angels said to God, "If a person is destined to set up two calves for worship, why do You show him the order of the Divine Chariot?" God asked them, "And now, what is he?" They replied, "Righteous." God said, "I judge a person based on his actions at that moment."