Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 18:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 18:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 18:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, if you listen to good advice and do what God tells you, you will be able to keep going and everyone will be happy and safe.

Exodus 18:23: If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee [so], then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

This verse suggests trusting in the Lord with all your heart and not relying on your own understanding, which contrasts with Exodus 18:23's advice on following counsel for successful outcomes.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Psalm 118:8

This verse states it is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man, contradicting Exodus 18:23 where receiving advice from another person is emphasized.

Psalm 118:8: [It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:5

This verse curses those who trust in man and make flesh their strength, conflicting with Exodus 18:23 that supports you listening to human counsel.

Jeremiah 17:5: Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.

Contradiction with Isaiah 2:22

Warns against trusting in man who has breath in his nostrils, contrasting the notion of Exodus 18:23 where success follows taking human advice.

Isaiah 2:22: Cease ye from man, whose breath [is] in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?
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