Contradictions and Paradoxes in Isaiah 11:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Isaiah 11:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Isaiah 11:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Isaiah, Christians believe that God's spirit will be with a special person, giving them wisdom, understanding, and strength. This person will know what is right and will respect and honor God very much.

Isaiah 11:2: And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

While Isaiah 11:2 emphasizes divine wisdom and understanding, Proverbs 3:5 emphasizes trust in God rather than reliance on one's own understanding.

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

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

Isaiah 11:2 speaks to the wisdom and understanding from God, whereas Jeremiah 17:9 suggests the heart is deceitful, contradicting the notion of inherent understanding.

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:20

Isaiah 11:2 highlights wisdom, yet 1 Corinthians 1:20 questions the wisdom of the world, suggesting a contradiction in reliance on worldly wisdom versus divine.

1 Corinthians 1:20: Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

Contradiction with James 1:5

James 1:5 encourages those lacking wisdom to ask God, implying a lack of immediate possession of wisdom, which Isaiah 11:2 suggests is present.

James 1:5: If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

Contradiction with Matthew 11:25

Matthew 11:25 describes God hiding things from the wise, contradicting the idea in Isaiah 11:2 of wisdom and understanding.

Matthew 11:25: At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
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