Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:11
This verse suggests that outcomes are often based on time and chance, rather than righteousness.
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.
Contradiction with Job 21:7
This verse notes that the wicked often live long, prospering and powerful lives, contradicting the idea of righteousness leading to deliverance.
Job 21:7: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14
This verse observes that righteous people sometimes suffer while wicked people prosper, contradicting the idea of deliverance through righteousness.
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 Psalm 73:3
This verse reflects on the prosperity of the wicked, which challenges the notion that righteousness leads to success or deliverance.
Psalm 73:3: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.