Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 10:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 10:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 10:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to King Solomon, being unfair or mean to get things won't help you in the end, but being good and doing the right thing will keep you safe and happy.

Proverbs 10:2: Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 10:19

This verse suggests that money answers all things, conflicting with Proverbs 10:2, which implies treasures of wickedness do not profit.

Ecclesiastes 10:19: A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all [things]. [maketh...: Heb. maketh glad the life]

Contradiction with Luke 16:9

This verse advises using worldly wealth to gain friends, which can be seen as contradictory to the idea that unjust gain doesn't profit.

Luke 16:9: And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. [mammon: or, riches]

Contradiction with Matthew 6:19

Advises against laying up earthly treasures, which implies that treasure itself isn't beneficial, aligning differently with Proverbs 10:2's stance on wicked treasure.

Matthew 6:19: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Contradiction with 1 Timothy 6:17

Advises the rich not to trust in uncertain riches, aligning differently with the idea that material gain is non-profitable when unjust.

1 Timothy 6:17: Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; [uncertain...: Gr. uncertainty of riches]

Contradiction with Matthew 13:22

Refers to the deceitfulness of riches choking the word, rather than just wickedness, adding another aspect to why riches might not profit.

Matthew 13:22: He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
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