Contradictions and Paradoxes in James 5:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of James 5:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts James 5:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to James, people who keep going even when things are hard are special and can be happy. Like Job, who stayed patient through tough times, we learn that God is kind and full of love.

James 5:11: Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:2

It suggests that the same events happen to the righteous and the wicked, contradicting the idea of being blessed for endurance.

Ecclesiastes 9:2: All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as [he] that feareth an oath.

Contradiction with Job 21:7-9

These verses question why the wicked live, grow old, and become powerful, challenging the notion of divine reward for endurance.

Job 21:7-9: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Contradiction with Psalm 73:3-5

The prosperity of the wicked is described, which contradicts the idea of the righteous being specifically blessed.

Psalm 73:3-5: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1

Jeremiah questions why the wicked prosper and live at ease, which contrasts with being blessed for remaining steadfast.

Jeremiah 12:1: Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously? [talk...: or, reason the case with thee]

Contradiction with Malachi 3:15

It states that the proud are happy, and those who do wickedness are set up, opposing the concept of divine blessing for patient endurance.

Malachi 3:15: And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered. [are set up: Heb. are built]
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