Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 23:4
Proverbs 23:4 contradicts following 14 verses in the Bible. Check out Contradictions and Paradoxes of Proverbs 23:4 for quick understanding.
Proverbs 23:4: Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.
| # | Contradicting Verse | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Genesis 12:16 | And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. |
| 2. | Genesis 30:30 | For [it was] little which thou hadst before I [came], and it is [now] increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? [increased: Heb. broken forth] [since...: Heb. at my foot] |
| 3. | Genesis 45:18 | And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. |
| 4. | Proverbs 2:1 | My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; |
| 5. | Proverbs 8:21 | That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures. |
| 6. | Proverbs 31:13 | She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. |
| 7. | Matthew 6:19 | Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: |
| 8. | Matthew 6:24 | No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. |
| 9. | Matthew 25:27 | Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and [then] at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. |
| 10. | 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. |
| 11. | 1 Corinthians 12:31 | But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. |
| 12. | 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] |
| 13. | 2 Timothy 2:6 | The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. [that...: or, labouring first, must be partaker of the fruits] |
| 14. | Hebrews 13:5 | [Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be] content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. |
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