Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 31:29

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 31:29 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 31:29. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Proverbs, many women are good and do good things, but this special woman is the best of all. She stands out because of her great kindness and hard work.

Proverbs 31:29: Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. [have...: or, have gotten riches]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

This verse suggests the deceitfulness and wickedness of the human heart, contradicting the praise of excellence in Proverbs 31:29.

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:20

This verse states that there is not a righteous person who does good and never sins, contrasting the implication of surpassing virtue in Proverbs 31:29.

Ecclesiastes 7:20: For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Contradiction with Romans 3:23

This verse asserts that all have sinned and fall short of God's glory, opposing the notion of surpassing many who have done virtuously in Proverbs 31:29.

Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6

This verse declares that all righteousness is like filthy rags, challenging the portrayal of supreme moral excellence in Proverbs 31:29.

Isaiah 64:6: But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Contradiction with Mark 10:18

This verse recounts Jesus saying no one is good except God alone, questioning the elevated status given to a person in Proverbs 31:29.

Mark 10:18: And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but one, [that is], God.
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