Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 19:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 19:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 19:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, if you listen to advice and learn from it, you will become wise when you grow up.

Proverbs 19:20: Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 3:18-19

These verses suggest that one should become a fool to be wise, implying worldly wisdom is folly, while Proverbs 19:20 advises to listen and be wise, suggesting the value of wisdom.

1 Corinthians 3:18-19: Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:18

This verse suggests that increased wisdom leads to increased sorrow, potentially contradicting the idea in Proverbs 19:20 that wisdom is beneficial.

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

Contradiction with Matthew 10:19-20

These verses suggest not to worry about what to say, for it will be given by the Spirit, possibly contradicting the idea of listening and receiving instruction from others in Proverbs 19:20.

Matthew 10:19-20: But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
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