Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 21:17
Proverbs 21:17 contradicts following 12 verses in the Bible. Check out Contradictions and Paradoxes of Proverbs 21:17 for quick understanding.
Proverbs 21:17: He that loveth pleasure [shall be] a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. [pleasure: or, sport]
| # | Contradicting Verse | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Esther 1:4 | When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, [even] an hundred and fourscore days. |
| 2. | Proverbs 12:11 | He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding. |
| 3. | Ecclesiastes 2:10 | And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. |
| 4. | 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] |
| 5. | Ecclesiastes 6:9 | Better [is] the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this [is] also vanity and vexation of spirit. [than...: Heb. than the walking of the soul] |
| 6. | Ecclesiastes 8:15 | Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. |
| 7. | Ezekiel 19:3 | And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. |
| 8. | Amos 6:4 | That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; [stretch...: or, abound with superfluities] |
| 9. | Luke 14:16 | Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: |
| 10. | Luke 15:23 | And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill [it]; and let us eat, and be merry: |
| 11. | 1 Timothy 6:17 | Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; [uncertain...: Gr. uncertainty of riches] |
| 12. | Hebrews 11:25 | Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; |
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