Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5
This verse advises trusting in the Lord with all your heart and not leaning on your own understanding, which contrasts with 1 Corinthians 1:18, where the message of the cross is seen as foolishness to those who are perishing, implying a need for faith over understanding.
Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:18
This verse suggests that in much wisdom there is much grief and increasing knowledge leads to sorrow, contradicting the theme in 1 Corinthians 1:18 that perceives Christian wisdom as superior, while worldly wisdom cannot comprehend the gospel.
Ecclesiastes 1:18: For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Contradiction with Proverbs 14:12
This verse mentions that there is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is death, contrasting with 1 Corinthians 1:18 where the apparent foolishness of the cross leads to salvation.
Proverbs 14:12: There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 3:19
It states that the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, which contrasts with the perception in 1 Corinthians 1:18 that the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing.
1 Corinthians 3:19: For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
Paradox #1
The potential contradiction in this verse could be that it speaks about the message of the cross being foolishness to some, which might imply that those who don't believe are foolish. This could be seen as conflicting with the idea of respecting different beliefs and perspectives.