Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:11
This verse suggests that success is not necessarily a result of one's words or deeds but often due to time and chance.
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 21:7-13
These verses depict the wicked living prosperous and joyous lives despite their actions, contradicting the idea of receiving good from wise words and actions.
Job 21:7-13: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Contradiction with Psalm 73:3-12
This passage describes how the wicked flourish, questioning the notion that one's words and deeds always result in receiving good.
Psalm 73:3-12: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1-2
Jeremiah observes the prosperity of the wicked, despite their deceitful talk, which challenges the correlation between words and deeds and positive outcomes.
Jeremiah 12:1-2: 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]
Contradiction with Habakkuk 1:13
Habakkuk questions why the wicked prosper, which contradicts the idea that one's positive words and deeds always bring rewards.
Habakkuk 1:13: [Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth [the man that is] more righteous than he? [iniquity: or, grievance]