Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 24:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 24:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 24:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to King Solomon, people who do bad things won't be rewarded, and the good things they have will disappear like a candle going out. This means it's important to be good because being bad won't end well.

Proverbs 24:20: For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. [candle: or, lamp]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:12

This verse suggests that a sinner who does evil may still experience prolonged days, implying that wicked people can still enjoy long life unlike what Proverbs 24:20 suggests.

Ecclesiastes 8:12: Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his [days] be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:

Contradiction with Psalm 73:3-5

These verses describe how the wicked seem to thrive and live in prosperity without suffering, contradicting the idea in Proverbs 24:20 of their future being extinguished.

Psalm 73:3-5: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Contradiction with Job 21:7-13

These verses illustrate how the wicked often live in comfort and prosperity, raising a contradiction to the outcome depicted in Proverbs 24:20 where their future is cut off.

Job 21:7-13: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1-2

This passage questions why the way of the wicked prospers, challenging the notion from Proverbs 24:20 that their candle will be put out quickly.

Jeremiah 12:1-2: Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously? [talk...: or, reason the case with thee]

Contradiction with Malachi 3:15

This verse notes that the wicked are set up and delivered, which contrasts with the promise in Proverbs 24:20 that the wicked will not have a future.

Malachi 3:15: And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered. [are set up: Heb. are built]
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