Contradictions and Paradoxes in Amos 3:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Amos 3:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Amos 3:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Amos, this verse is like asking if a bird can get trapped if there is no trap laid out for it, or if someone would pick up a trap if it didn't catch anything. It helps people understand that things don't just happen for no reason; something always causes them.

Amos 3:5: Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin [is] for him? shall [one] take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all?

Contradiction with Proverbs 16:9

Proverbs 16:9 suggests that while a man plans his way, it is the Lord who ultimately directs his steps, implying a divine guidance or intervention rather than a predictable cause and effect as in Amos 3:5.

Proverbs 16:9: A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8-9

Isaiah 55:8-9 emphasizes that God's thoughts and ways are beyond human comprehension, challenging the straightforward cause and effect logic implied in Amos 3:5.

Isaiah 55:8-9: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:11

This verse highlights the unpredictability of life and events, contrasting the suggestion of an inevitable consequence in Amos 3:5.

Ecclesiastes 9:11: I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Contradiction with Job 42:2

Job 42:2 states that God's plans cannot be thwarted, suggesting a divine sovereignty that supersedes the conditional logic in Amos 3:5.

Job 42:2: I know that thou canst do every [thing], and [that] no thought can be withholden from thee. [no thought can be...: or, no thought of thine can be hindered]

Contradiction with Romans 11:33

Romans 11:33 discusses the unsearchable nature of God's judgments, contradicting the straightforward cause-and-effect relationship implied in Amos 3:5.

Romans 11:33: O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
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