Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 2:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 2:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 2:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, God is the one who gives us wisdom and helps us know and understand things. When we listen to God, we learn and become wise.

Proverbs 2:6: For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth [cometh] knowledge and understanding.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:18

Proverbs 2:6 states that the Lord gives wisdom, while Ecclesiastes 1:18 suggests that increased wisdom brings grief and sorrow, implying a negative consequence to receiving wisdom.

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

Contradiction with Genesis 3:6

Proverbs 2:6 claims that wisdom comes from the Lord, but Genesis 3:6 implies that wisdom can be obtained through human means, as Eve sees the fruit as desirable for gaining wisdom.

Genesis 3:6: And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. [pleasant: Heb. a desire]

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:20

Proverbs 2:6 asserts that wisdom resides with God, whereas 1 Corinthians 1:20 implies that God nullifies worldly wisdom, suggesting a difference between divine wisdom and worldly wisdom.

1 Corinthians 1:20: Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
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