Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 4:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 4:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 4:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, this verse means that if you listen and follow good advice, you will live a long and happy life. It's like when a parent or a teacher tells you something important to help you stay safe and healthy.

Proverbs 4:10: Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

Contradiction with Job 14:1

Job speaks about life being of few days and full of trouble, contrasting with the idea of "many years" in Proverbs 4:10.

Job 14:1: Man [that is] born of a woman [is] of few days, and full of trouble. [few...: Heb. short of days]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:15

The verse describes observing the righteous man perishing in his righteousness, implicitly contradicting the promise of "long years of life" for the righteous.

Ecclesiastes 7:15: All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.

Contradiction with Matthew 10:39

This verse states losing one's life for Christ’s sake will result in finding it, contradicting the pursuit of a longer physical life as a reward.

Matthew 10:39: He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

Contradiction with James 4:14

James speaks of life as a vapor that appears for a little time and then vanishes away, contrasting with the notion of a long life in Proverbs 4:10.

James 4:14: Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. [It...: or, For it is]

Contradiction with Psalm 90:10

This verse acknowledges the brevity and difficulty of life, which can contradict the promise of many years found in Proverbs 4:10.

Psalm 90:10: The days of our years [are] threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength [they be] fourscore years, yet [is] their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. [The days...: Heb. As for the days of our years, in them are seventy years]
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