Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 2:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 2:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 2:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, this verse tells us that following the wrong path or listening to bad advice can lead to trouble and make us feel like we are far away from happiness and goodness. It's like taking a road that goes away from life and joy.

Proverbs 2:18: For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

Contradiction with Proverbs 9:18

This verse highlights the depth and danger of following foolishness, while Proverbs 2:18 warns specifically against the waywardness of the adulterous, implying it leads to death, focusing on moral conduct rather than folly broadly.

Proverbs 9:18: But he knoweth not that the dead [are] there; [and that] her guests [are] in the depths of hell.

Contradiction with Matthew 7:13

This verse speaks about the wide gate and broad way that leads to destruction, focusing on choices in life paths broadly, whereas Proverbs 2:18 focuses on the specific downfall through adultery.

Matthew 7:13: Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: [strait: or, narrow]

Contradiction with Romans 6:23

This verse states that the wages of sin is death, implying all sin leads to death, contrasting with Proverbs 2:18's focus on the path of the seductress leading to death.

Romans 6:23: For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 6:18

This verse advises fleeing from sexual immorality because it is a sin against one's own body, contrasting Proverbs 2:18 which warns about external consequences and the spiritual death that follows the adulteress.

1 Corinthians 6:18: Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Contradiction with James 1:15

This verse explains the process of sin leading to death, emphasizing personal desire and sin, in contrast to Proverbs 2:18 mentioning a specific person (adulteress) leading others to death.

James 1:15: Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
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