Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 2:7

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 2:7 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 2:7. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Proverbs, God saves wise and good things for people who make good choices. He also protects those who try to do the right thing, like a shield keeps you safe.

Proverbs 2:7: He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: [he is] a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:18

Proverbs 2:7 speaks of wisdom as a source of sound and protection, whereas Ecclesiastes 1:18 suggests that wisdom and knowledge can lead to increased sorrow.

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

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:27

Proverbs 2:7 highlights God's wisdom, while 1 Corinthians 1:27 describes God choosing the foolish to confound the wise.

1 Corinthians 1:27: But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

Contradiction with Matthew 11:25

Proverbs 2:7 emphasizes God's wisdom given to the righteous, but Matthew 11:25 illustrates Jesus thanking God for hiding things from the wise and revealing them to babes.

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.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 3:19

Proverbs 2:7 portrays wisdom as a shield, yet 1 Corinthians 3:19 states that the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God.

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.
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