Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 13:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 13:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 13:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, wise teachings help us live a good life and keep us safe from bad things that might harm us. Listening to wise advice is like finding a special spring of water that makes our life better.

Proverbs 13:14: The law of the wise [is] a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Contradiction with Proverbs 14:12

This verse contradicts with Proverbs 13:14 by suggesting that there is a way that seems right to a person, but in the end it leads to death, whereas Proverbs 13:14 offers guidance leading away from death.

Proverbs 14:12: There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.

Contradiction with Matthew 7:13

This verse highlights the ease of taking a path leading to destruction, contradicting the life-preserving guidance of Proverbs 13:14.

Matthew 7:13: Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: [strait: or, narrow]

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 3:19

This verse mentions the wisdom of this world as foolishness with God, possibly contradicting the idea in Proverbs 13:14 that the law of the wise is a fundamental source of life.

1 Corinthians 3:19: For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

Contradiction with Romans 6:23

It emphasizes that the wages of sin is death, presenting a different perspective on the nature of life and death compared to Proverbs 13:14.

Romans 6:23: For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:23

This verse suggests that humans cannot direct their own steps, which can contradict Proverbs 13:14's implication of wise guidance leading to life.

Jeremiah 10:23: O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:18

This verse suggests that increased wisdom brings sorrow, which contradicts the life-giving image of the law of the wise in Proverbs 13:14.

Ecclesiastes 1:18: For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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