Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:18
Proverbs 1:6 suggests understanding leads to wisdom, while Ecclesiastes 1:18 states that with much wisdom comes much sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 1:18: For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 3:19
Proverbs 1:6 promotes understanding proverbs and jokes as wise, but 1 Corinthians 3:19 says the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God.
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 Isaiah 55:8-9
Proverbs 1:6 encourages understanding, yet Isaiah 55:8-9 emphasizes human inability to fully grasp God’s ways.
Isaiah 55:8-9: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:27
Proverbs 1:6 values understanding wisdom, while 1 Corinthians 1:27 highlights that God chooses the foolish things to shame the wise.
1 Corinthians 1:27: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;