Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 22:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 22:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 22:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the book of Job, this means that while good people may not lose everything they have, bad people will see their stuff destroyed, like being burned up in a fire. It's a way to show that being good is better than being bad.

Job 22:20: Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. [substance: or, estate] [the remnant...: or, their excellency]

Contradiction with Proverbs 11:21

Job 22:20 implies the wicked are quickly and decisively punished, but Proverbs 11:21 suggests they may escape immediate consequences.

Proverbs 11:21: [Though] hand [join] in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:15

Job 22:20 indicates the triumph of the righteous, whereas Ecclesiastes 7:15 notes that righteous men perishing while wicked men live long lives contradicts this notion.

Ecclesiastes 7:15: All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.

Contradiction with Psalm 73:3-5

Job 22:20 implies the annihilation of the wicked, while Psalm 73:3-5 describes the prosperity and peace of the wicked.

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

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1

Job 22:20 suggests the destruction of the wicked, in contrast, Jeremiah 12:1 questions why the wicked prosper and live in ease.

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]
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