Contradictions and Paradoxes in Exodus 35:35

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Exodus 35:35 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Exodus 35:35. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God gave special skills and wisdom to people so they could make beautiful and creative things like carvings, embroidery, and weaving with special colors. This shows how God helps people do important and creative work.

Exodus 35:35: Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, [even] of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.

Contradiction with Genesis 11:6-7

In these verses, God confounds the language to stop people from accomplishing their work, which contrasts with Exodus 35:35 where God gives wisdom for accomplishing work.

Genesis 11:6-7: And the LORD said, Behold, the people [is] one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.

Contradiction with Matthew 25:24-26

The servant is rebuked for not using his given talent, implying that not all are given wisdom or inclination to be industrious or creative like described in Exodus 35:35.

Matthew 25:24-26: Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:19

This verse states that God will destroy the wisdom of the wise, in contrast to Exodus 35:35 where God imparts wisdom to help create.

1 Corinthians 1:19: For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:18

Here, it says that with much wisdom comes much grief, suggesting a negative aspect of wisdom that contradicts the positive portrayal in Exodus 35:35.

Ecclesiastes 1:18: For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Contradiction with Job 12:2-3

Job sarcastically critiques others' wisdom, highlighting human wisdom's deficiencies versus God-given skill and wisdom as in Exodus 35:35.

Job 12:2-3: No doubt but ye [are] the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 3:19

The wisdom of this world is considered foolishness by God, contradicting the divine impartation of artistic wisdom in Exodus 35:35.

1 Corinthians 3:19: For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

Contradiction with James 3:15

This verse speaks against earthly wisdom which contrasts the divine wisdom given to the craftsmen in Exodus 35:35.

James 3:15: This wisdom descendeth not from above, but [is] earthly, sensual, devilish. [sensual: or, natural]
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