Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 4:5

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 4:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 4:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, who wrote Proverbs, God wants us to learn and be wise. We should always try to remember what He teaches and listen carefully to His words.

Proverbs 4:5: Get wisdom, get understanding: forget [it] not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

This verse emphasizes trusting in the Lord with all your heart and not relying on your own understanding, which could be seen as contradicting the directive to actively seek out and gain wisdom and understanding.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:18

This verse suggests that with much wisdom comes sorrow, and increasing knowledge brings more grief, contradicting the idea of actively getting wisdom and understanding as a positive pursuit.

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

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