Contradiction with Proverbs 25:2
John 1:38 speaks to asking questions and seeking understanding, while Proverbs 25:2 speaks to the glory of concealing matters.
Proverbs 25:2: [It is] the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings [is] to search out a matter.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:17
Contradicts encouragement to seek understanding in John 1:38 by emphasizing human inability to fully comprehend God's work.
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].
Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8-9
This passage indicates that God's ways and thoughts are beyond human understanding, potentially contradicting the pursuit of understanding suggested in John 1:38.
Isaiah 55:8-9: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 2:14
Suggests spiritual truths cannot be understood by natural man, contrasting the inquiry and understanding sought in John 1:38.
1 Corinthians 2:14: But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.
Contradiction with Romans 11:33-34
Highlights the incomprehensibility of God's judgment and ways, which might oppose the straightforward act of seeking understanding encouraged in John 1:38.
Romans 11:33-34: 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!