Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 14:14

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

According to Solomon, people who turn away from doing good things end up facing problems because of their choices, while good people feel happy and content because they choose the right path. It’s like if you eat too much candy and feel sick, but if you eat healthy snacks, you feel strong and happy.

Proverbs 14:14: The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man [shall be satisfied] from himself.

Contradiction with Proverbs 11:31

Suggests that the righteous will be rewarded on earth, which contrasts with the idea that a backslider will be filled with their own ways regardless of righteousness.

Proverbs 11:31: Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.

Contradiction with James 1:12

Speaks of the reward and blessing for those who endure temptation, whereas Proverbs 14:14 implies self-satisfaction for the backslider and potentially no divine reward.

James 1:12: Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

Contradiction with Galatians 6:7-8

States that sowing to the Spirit leads to eternal life, in contrast to the Proverbs notion that the backslider is filled with their ways alone.

Galatians 6:7-8: Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:10

God rewards each person according to their deeds, conflicting with the idea that a backslider's satisfaction is limited to being filled with their own ways.

Jeremiah 17:10: I the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings.

Contradiction with Psalm 37:25

Affirms that the righteous are not forsaken, unlike the implication in Proverbs 14:14 that a backslider is content with their own ways without divine intervention.

Psalm 37:25: I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
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