Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 22:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 22:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 22:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Proverbs, these words are meant to help us understand what is true and real, so we can share those truths with others when they ask us about them. It's like learning something important so we can help our friends understand it too.

Proverbs 22:21: That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? [to them...: or, to those that send thee?]

Contradiction with James 1:6

Proverbs 22:21 suggests the importance of certainty in truth, while James 1:6 emphasizes faith without doubt, yet implies the instability of a doubter.

James 1:6: But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:18

Proverbs 22:21 advocates for truthful knowledge, but Ecclesiastes 1:18 suggests that increased knowledge leads to increased 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 22:21 underscores the value of truthful wisdom, in contrast, 1 Corinthians 3:19 states that 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 Proverbs 3:5

While Proverbs 22:21 stresses precise answers and truth, Proverbs 3:5 advises trusting in the Lord over relying solely on one’s understanding.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
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