Contradictions Catalog of Ecclesiastes 7:12
Ecclesiastes 7:12 contradicts following 28 verses in the Bible. Check out Contradictions and Paradoxes of Ecclesiastes 7:12 for quick understanding.
Ecclesiastes 7:12: For wisdom [is] a defence, [and] money [is] a defence: but the excellency of knowledge [is, that] wisdom giveth life to them that have it. [defence: Heb. shadow]
| # | Contradicting Verse | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Deuteronomy 32:28 | For they [are] a nation void of counsel, neither [is there any] understanding in them. |
| 2. | Job 5:13 | He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. |
| 3. | Job 37:24 | Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any [that are] wise of heart. |
| 4. | Job 42:3 | Who [is] he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. |
| 5. | Psalms 119:72 | The law of thy mouth [is] better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. |
| 6. | Proverbs 4:7 | Wisdom [is] the principal thing; [therefore] get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. |
| 7. | Proverbs 8:10 | Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. |
| 8. | Proverbs 8:11 | For wisdom [is] better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. |
| 9. | Proverbs 8:19 | My fruit [is] better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. |
| 10. | Proverbs 11:28 | He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. |
| 11. | Proverbs 15:16 | Better [is] little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. |
| 12. | Proverbs 16:8 | Better [is] a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. |
| 13. | Proverbs 16:16 | How much better [is it] to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! |
| 14. | Proverbs 16:22 | Understanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly. |
| 15. | Proverbs 17:16 | Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]? |
| 16. | Proverbs 20:15 | There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel. |
| 17. | Proverbs 26:9 | [As] a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a parable in the mouth of fools. |
| 18. | Proverbs 28:6 | Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich. |
| 19. | Proverbs 30:7 | Two [things] have I required of thee; deny me [them] not before I die: [deny...: Heb. withhold not from me] |
| 20. | Ecclesiastes 9:16 | Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard. |
| 21. | Isaiah 25:4 | For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones [is] as a storm [against] the wall. |
| 22. | Jeremiah 50:36 | A sword [is] upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword [is] upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. [liars: or, chief stays: Heb. bars] |
| 23. | Luke 21:2 | And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. |
| 24. | Romans 1:22 | Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, |
| 25. | 1 Corinthians 1:26 | For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are called]: |
| 26. | 1 Corinthians 1:27 | But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; |
| 27. | 1 Timothy 6:4 | He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, [proud: or, a fool] [doting: or, sick] |
| 28. | 1 Timothy 6:10 | For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. [erred: or, been seduced] |
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