Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 12:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 12:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 12:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to King Solomon, bad actions won't make you strong or successful for long, but good and kind people are like strong trees that can't be easily pushed over. Doing the right thing helps you stay steady and safe.

Proverbs 12:3: A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

Contradiction with Psalm 37:35-36

These verses describe a wicked man who spreads himself like a green bay tree, suggesting that the wicked can have a stable and flourishing life, contrary to Proverbs 12:3 which suggests instability for wickedness.

Psalm 37:35-36: I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. [a green...: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil]

Contradiction with Job 21:7-9

These verses mention wicked people living and growing old, with houses safe from fear, which contradicts the idea in Proverbs 12:3 that a man cannot be established by wickedness.

Job 21:7-9: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14

This verse describes a situation where righteous people receive what the wicked deserve, and wicked people get what the righteous deserve, suggesting instability in moral order, which contradicts Proverbs 12:3's implication of the unstable nature of wickedness.

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

Jeremiah questions why the way of the wicked prospers, contradicting the suggestion in Proverbs 12:3 that wickedness does not establish one.

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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