Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 2:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 2:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 2:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, God helps and protects good people who make wise and fair choices. He guides them to stay on the right path.

Proverbs 2:8: He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

Contradiction with Proverbs 26:10

Proverbs 26:10 suggests that God rewards fools and transgressors, seemingly without discretion, which contrasts with Proverbs 2:8's emphasis on God preserving and protecting those who are righteous and follow His paths.

Proverbs 26:10: The great [God] that formed all [things] both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. [The great...: or, A great man grieveth all, and he hireth the fool, he hireth also transgressors]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:2

This verse implies that the same fate (death) comes to both the righteous and the wicked, contradicting Proverbs 2:8's notion of God preserving the way of the righteous.

Ecclesiastes 9:2: All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as [he] that feareth an oath.

Contradiction with Job 21:7

Job 21:7 observes that the wicked can live, grow old, and become mighty in power, which contradicts the thought in Proverbs 2:8 where God preserves the way of the righteous.

Job 21:7: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Contradiction with Psalm 73:3-12

These verses discuss how the wicked prosper and are not in trouble like others, contrasting with Proverbs 2:8, where the focus is on the protection and prosperity of the righteous.

Psalm 73:3-12: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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