Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:18
This verse suggests that increased wisdom and knowledge lead to grief and sorrow, contradicting Proverbs 24:14 in which wisdom is portrayed positively, bringing hope and a future.
Ecclesiastes 1:18: For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:19
This verse indicates that God will destroy the wisdom of the wise, suggesting that human wisdom is ultimately futile compared to the divine understanding, which contradicts Proverbs 24:14’s emphasis on the value of wisdom.
1 Corinthians 1:19: For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 8:9
This verse portrays the wise as being ashamed because they have rejected the word of the Lord, contradicting Proverbs 24:14’s idea that wisdom provides hope and a future.
Jeremiah 8:9: The wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom [is] in them? [The wise...: or, Have they been ashamed, etc] [what...: Heb. the wisdom of what thing]