Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 5:21

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 5:21 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 5:21. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Proverbs, God can see everything we do, and He thinks about all our actions carefully. This means we should try to make good choices because God is watching over us.

Proverbs 5:21: For the ways of man [are] before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14

This verse questions why good happens to the wicked and evil happens to the righteous, suggesting life's unpredictability which contrasts with Proverbs 5:21 where it implies paths are fully known and overseen by the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 8:14: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.
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