Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 14:11

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 14:11 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 14:11. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, people who do bad things will not have a stable home, but those who do good things will have a happy and growing home.

Proverbs 14:11: The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.

Contradiction with Psalm 37:29

It promises that the righteous will inherit the land and dwell in it forever, while Proverbs 14:11 suggests that both the wicked and upright have homes that face different fates.

Psalm 37:29: The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:2

States that the same events happen to both the righteous and the wicked, counter to Proverbs 14:11's implication of a distinct downfall for the wicked.

Ecclesiastes 9:2: All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as [he] that feareth an oath.

Contradiction with Job 21:7-8

Describes how the wicked often prosper and live long, contradicting the idea in Proverbs 14:11 of their house being overthrown.

Job 21:7-8: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
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