Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 10:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 10:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 10:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, good things happen to people who do the right thing, but those who do bad things often find themselves in trouble.

Proverbs 10:6: Blessings [are] upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Contradiction with Psalm 73:3-5

These verses describe the wicked as prospering and living in ease, which contradicts the message in Proverbs 10:6 that suggests blessings are upon the head of the just, implying hardship for the wicked.

Psalm 73:3-5: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Contradiction with Job 21:7-13

These verses depict the wicked living in comfort and joy, seemingly blessed, contrasting with Proverbs 10:6 where blessings are attributed to the righteous.

Job 21:7-13: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14

This verse highlights the existence of righteous people who receive what the wicked deserve and vice versa, opposing the idea in Proverbs 10:6 that blessings rest upon the just.

Ecclesiastes 8:14: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1

Here, the prophet questions why the way of the wicked prospers, which goes against the implication of Proverbs 10:6 that blessings are for the just.

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]
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