Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 12:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 12:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 12:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Proverbs, good people think about doing the right thing, but bad people try to trick others. It's like when someone wants to help and another wants to play a mean trick.

Proverbs 12:5: The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.

Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8-9

These verses highlight that God's thoughts and ways are higher than human thoughts, suggesting that human thinking, even of the righteous, might not align with God's wisdom.

Isaiah 55:8-9: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with Romans 3:10

This verse states there is none righteous, contradicting the notion in Proverbs 12:5 that the thoughts of the righteous are just, by questioning the existence of truly righteous individuals.

Romans 3:10: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:20

This verse claims there is no just man upon earth that does good and sins not, contrasting with Proverbs 12:5 which seems to imply the existence of just thoughts by the righteous.

Ecclesiastes 7:20: For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

It asserts the heart is deceitful and desperately wicked, which implies that even the righteous may not have thoughts that are just, contradicting Proverbs 12:5.

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Contradiction with Psalm 14:3

This verse suggests all have turned aside and become corrupt, contradicting Proverbs 12:5 by implying that no one is righteous enough to have truly just thoughts.

Psalm 14:3: They are all gone aside, they are [all] together become filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one. [filthy: Heb. stinking]
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