Contradiction with Job 33:9
This verse states that Job is clean and without transgression, contrasting the implication in Job 33:26 that prayer and righteousness lead to restoration.
Job 33:9: I am clean without transgression, I [am] innocent; neither [is there] iniquity in me.
Contradiction with Job 21:7
This verse questions why the wicked live, become old, and are mighty in power, suggesting that the wicked prosper in contradiction to righteous prayer leading to restoration.
Job 21:7: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:15
This verse observes the righteous perishing despite righteousness, contrasting the promise of divine favor towards the righteous in Job 33:26.
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
These verses describe how the wicked prosper and face no trouble, contradicting the notion that righteousness leads to seeing God’s favor.
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, countering the idea that prayer ensures divine favor for the righteous.
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]