Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 11:27

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 11:27 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 11:27. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, if you try really hard to do good things, people will like you and good things will happen to you. But if you look for trouble and do bad things, trouble will find you.

Proverbs 11:27: He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

Contradiction with Luke 6:25

This verse suggests that those who are full and laugh now will experience woe, which contrasts Proverbs 11:27 by indicating that seeking good doesn't necessarily lead to favor and positive outcomes.

Luke 6:25: Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14

This verse notes the existence of righteous people who suffer despite their righteousness while the wicked prosper, which contradicts the idea in Proverbs 11:27 that seeking good will lead to favor.

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 Job 21:7

This verse questions why the wicked live and become old, contrasting with Proverbs 11:27's implication that seeking good is met with favor rather than frustration.

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

Contradiction with Psalm 73:3

Here, the prosperity of the wicked is observed, which contradicts the notion that seeking good, as mentioned in Proverbs 11:27, invariably leads to positive outcomes.

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

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:11

This verse indicates that success and favor do not always go to those who actively seek good, which contrasts with Proverbs 11:27’s implication of a direct correlation between effort and positive outcomes.

Ecclesiastes 9:11: I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
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