Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5
Contradicts Job 23:5 by advising trust in the Lord instead of seeking understanding based on one's own judgment.
Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8-9
Contradicts Job 23:5 by emphasizing that God's ways and thoughts are beyond human understanding.
Isaiah 55:8-9: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
Contradiction with Romans 11:33
Contrasts with Job 23:5 by highlighting the depth and unsearchability of God's judgments.
Romans 11:33: O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:25
Suggests God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, contrasting Job 23:5's implication of understanding God's words.
1 Corinthians 1:25: Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:17
Contradicts Job 23:5 by stating no one can fully comprehend God's work, despite human efforts.
Ecclesiastes 8:17: Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek [it] out, yet he shall not find [it]; yea further; though a wise [man] think to know [it], yet shall he not be able to find [it].