Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 10:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 10:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 10:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, good and wise people help others with their kind words, but foolish people can get into trouble because they don't understand important things.

Proverbs 10:21: The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. [of wisdom: Heb. of heart]

Contradiction with Proverbs 10:14

This verse suggests the wise lay up knowledge, implying actions with their own wisdom, contrasting the idea of nourishing others directly.

Proverbs 10:14: Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.

Contradiction with Proverbs 17:28

This verse states that even a fool is considered wise when silent, contradicting the shedding of valuable words as depicted in Proverbs 10:21.

Proverbs 17:28: Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 3:7

It emphasizes a time to keep silence and a time to speak, suggesting that silence can also be wise, which contrasts with the direct nourishing by words in Proverbs 10:21.

Ecclesiastes 3:7: A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;

Contradiction with James 1:19

Advises being slow to speak, implying restraint in speaking, which is contrary to nourishing many with words as in Proverbs 10:21.

James 1:19: Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
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