Contradictions Catalog of Ecclesiastes 5:12
Ecclesiastes 5:12 contradicts following 13 verses in the Bible. Check out Contradictions and Paradoxes of Ecclesiastes 5:12 for quick understanding.
Ecclesiastes 5:12: The sleep of a labouring man [is] sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
| # | Contradicting Verse | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | 2 Chronicles 2:11 | Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. |
| 2. | Esther 6:1 | On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. [could...: Heb. the king's sleep fled away] |
| 3. | Proverbs 3:24 | When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. |
| 4. | Proverbs 6:4 | Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. |
| 5. | Proverbs 6:11 | So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. |
| 6. | Proverbs 10:22 | The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. |
| 7. | Proverbs 16:26 | He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. [He...: Heb. The soul of him that] [craveth...: Heb. boweth unto him] |
| 8. | Proverbs 16:27 | An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire. [An...: Heb. A man of Belial] |
| 9. | Proverbs 19:15 | Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. |
| 10. | Ecclesiastes 2:24 | [There is] nothing better for a man, [than] that he should eat and drink, and [that] he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it [was] from the hand of God. [should make...: or, delight his senses] |
| 11. | Ecclesiastes 3:13 | And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it [is] the gift of God. |
| 12. | Jeremiah 51:39 | In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD. |
| 13. | Luke 12:15 | And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. |
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