Why We Shouldn't Vote for Trump - In Just One Passage of Scripture

I'm not here going to get into for whom I think we should vote (if any of them) and why - whether or not we should vote for the lesser of two evils or dissent.

But what I can't understand is why Donald Trump is getting so many evangelical votes when he's clearly not even the "lesser of two evils."

So I'll lay it out plainly.

Why we shouldn't vote for Trump - in just one passage of Scripture:

Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,
        so honor is not fitting for a fool.
    ...
    Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool
        cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
    Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless,
        is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
    Like one who binds the stone in the sling
        is one who gives honor to a fool.
    Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard
        is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
    Like an archer who wounds everyone
        is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.
    Like a dog that returns to his vomit
        is a fool who repeats his folly.
​-Proverbs 26:1, 6-11

Now you might be wondering what I'm getting at: What does this have to do with Donald Trump? How can we consider someone so successfully "rich, powerful, and intelligent" to be a fool?

The thing is, according to the Scripture, he's worse off than a fool. Read the above text again to see the full force of the very next verse (the single passage that explains why we should not vote for Donald Trump).

    Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?
        There is more hope for a fool than for him.
-Proverbs 26:12

Notice that the above proverbs are not only directed against fools but also against those who encounter them improperly. We are not to trust a fool, not to give honor to a fool, not to hire a fool...etc. And so what of the man who is wise in his own eyes - the epitome of Donald Trump?

There is more hope for a fool than for him!

So how much less should we trust, honor, and/or hire someone like that? And to be the presiding governor of our nation no less!

A man of character, who is steadfast and faithful (Prv. 20:28) and interested in God's standards of justice (Prv. 29:4; cf. Ps. 2:10-12) should be a nation's presiding governor.

Character like that only comes through humility - a humble, teachable heart. The very beginning of Proverbs says that "The fear of the Lord" (so, humility is a requirement) "is the beginning of knowledge," while fools despise His instruction (Prv. 1:7).

Yet evangelicals are lining up to endorse (honor) and vote for (hire) Donald Trump, one who is worse off than a fool? Meanwhile, "God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble" (1 Pet. 5:5; Jas. 4:6; cf. Prv. 3:34). Perhaps we should consider these things before we cast our vote for a seemingly "strong, powerful, and successful" candidate...