Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 2:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 2:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 2:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, wisdom is like a hidden treasure, and just like people search hard to find silver or gold, we should look very hard to find wisdom. It's really valuable and important for us to have in our lives.

Proverbs 2:4: If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as [for] hid treasures;

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:18

Suggests that increasing wisdom can lead to more grief and sorrow, contradicting the notion of seeking wisdom as a beneficial pursuit.

Ecclesiastes 1:18: For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 3:19

Declares the wisdom of this world as foolishness with God, contradicting the value placed on pursuing wisdom in Proverbs 2:4.

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 Matthew 11:25

Jesus thanks God for hiding wisdom from the wise and prudent and revealing it to babes, which contradicts the encouragement to seek wisdom diligently.

Matthew 11:25: At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
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