Contradiction with Proverbs 2:6
While Job 38:36 suggests that wisdom and understanding are divinely placed within humans, this verse attributes wisdom and understanding directly as coming from the Lord, implying it is an external bestowal rather than internal placement.
Proverbs 2:6: For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:18
Job 38:36 suggests wisdom as a divine gift, but this verse portrays increased wisdom as causing grief, contradicting the idea of wisdom being solely beneficial.
Ecclesiastes 1:18: For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:19
This verse suggests that God will destroy the wisdom of the wise, which contradicts the idea in Job 38:36 that wisdom is divinely instilled.
1 Corinthians 1:19: For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
Contradiction with Proverbs 1:7
This verse states that fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, suggesting that wisdom is contingent on human reverence, rather than being inherently placed within, as in Job 38:36.
Proverbs 1:7: The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction. [the beginning: or, the principal part]