Contradiction with Job 21:7
This verse questions why the wicked live long, become powerful, and grow in riches, which contradicts the idea that their transgressions should lead to their downfall.
Job 21:7: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Contradiction with Psalm 73:3
The verse notes the prosperity of the wicked, which seems to contradict the notion that their transgressions lead to their ruin.
Psalm 73:3: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14
This verse points out the vanity that righteous people sometimes receive what the wicked deserve and vice versa, contradicting the straightforward relationship between wickedness and downfall.
Ecclesiastes 8:14: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1
This verse questions why the wicked prosper, seemingly contradicting the idea that they will eventually fall due to their transgressions.
Jeremiah 12:1: 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
It states that the proud and wicked are happy and prosper, which runs contrary to the belief that their actions should lead to their destruction.
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]
Contradiction with Habakkuk 1:13
The verse questions why God tolerates treacherous men and remains silent when the wicked swallow those more righteous, suggesting a contradiction with the expected downfall of the wicked.
Habakkuk 1:13: [Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth [the man that is] more righteous than he? [iniquity: or, grievance]
Paradox #1
Proverbs 29:16 suggests that when wicked people increase, so does wrongdoing, but the righteous will eventually see their downfall. A potential contradiction could be that this view implies a passive approach, expecting the eventual downfall of wrongdoers without necessarily taking action against injustice in real-time. This could conflict with the idea of actively fighting against wrongdoing and working to create a just society.