Contradictions Catalog of Ecclesiastes 7:2
Ecclesiastes 7:2 contradicts following 30 verses in the Bible. Check out Contradictions and Paradoxes of Ecclesiastes 7:2 for quick understanding.
Ecclesiastes 7:2: [It is] better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that [is] the end of all men; and the living will lay [it] to his heart.
| # | Contradicting Verse | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Genesis 30:13 | And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. [Happy...: Heb. In my happiness] [Asher: that is, Happy] |
| 2. | Deuteronomy 16:14 | And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that [are] within thy gates. |
| 3. | Deuteronomy 26:11 | And thou shalt rejoice in every good [thing] which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that [is] among you. |
| 4. | Deuteronomy 34:8 | And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping [and] mourning for Moses were ended. |
| 5. | Judges 19:6 | And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry. |
| 6. | 2 Samuel 12:20 | Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed [himself], and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. |
| 7. | 1 Kings 8:66 | On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people. [blessed: or, thanked] |
| 8. | Nehemiah 8:10 | Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for [this] day [is] holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength. |
| 9. | Nehemiah 8:12 | And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. |
| 10. | Nehemiah 12:43 | Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. |
| 11. | Esther 1:5 | And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace; [present: Heb. found] |
| 12. | Esther 2:18 | Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, [even] Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king. [release: Heb. rest] |
| 13. | Job 1:4 | And his sons went and feasted [in their] houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. |
| 14. | Job 2:12 | And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. |
| 15. | Job 22:26 | For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. |
| 16. | Psalms 69:11 | I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. |
| 17. | Psalms 81:2 | Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. |
| 18. | Psalms 89:16 | In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. |
| 19. | Proverbs 17:22 | A merry heart doeth good [like] a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. [like: or, to] |
| 20. | Isaiah 30:29 | Ye shall have a song, as in the night [when] a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. [mighty...: Heb. Rock] |
| 21. | Jeremiah 16:7 | Neither shall [men] tear [themselves] for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall [men] give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. [tear...: or, break bread for them] |
| 22. | Jeremiah 30:19 | And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. |
| 23. | Jeremiah 31:13 | Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. |
| 24. | Jeremiah 48:36 | Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches [that] he hath gotten are perished. |
| 25. | Jeremiah 48:37 | For every head [shall be] bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands [shall be] cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. [clipped: Heb. diminished] |
| 26. | Zephaniah 3:18 | I will gather [them that are] sorrowful for the solemn assembly, [who] are of thee, [to whom] the reproach of it [was] a burden. [reproach...: Heb. the burden upon it was reproach] |
| 27. | Luke 15:23 | And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill [it]; and let us eat, and be merry: |
| 28. | John 16:20 | Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. |
| 29. | Philippians 4:4 | Rejoice in the Lord alway: [and] again I say, Rejoice. |
| 30. | 1 Peter 1:7 | That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: |
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