Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 11:19

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 11:19 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 11:19. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to King Solomon, if you do good things and follow the right path, it will lead to a happy life, but if you do bad things and chase after evil, it will only bring trouble and danger.

Proverbs 11:19: As righteousness [tendeth] to life: so he that pursueth evil [pursueth it] to his own death.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:20

This verse emphasizes individual responsibility for sin and righteousness, suggesting that righteousness or wickedness affects one's own life rather than promising a specific outcome of life or death.

Ezekiel 18:20: The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:2

This verse states that the same fate, death, comes to both the righteous and the wicked, contradicting the idea that righteousness leads to life and wickedness to death as suggested in Proverbs 11:19.

Ecclesiastes 9:2: All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as [he] that feareth an oath.

Contradiction with Job 21:7

It questions why the wicked often live long and prosperous lives, contradicting the idea that pursuing evil leads inevitably to death.

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