Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 8:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 8:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 8:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, wisdom lives with careful thinking and discovers smart ideas and clever solutions. Wisdom helps us make good choices and understand new things.

Proverbs 8:12: I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. [prudence: or, subtilty]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:18

This verse suggests that much wisdom and knowledge leads to grief and sorrow, while Proverbs 8:12 promotes knowledge and prudence as virtues.

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

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:19-20

These verses indicate that God will destroy the wisdom of the wise and diminish the understanding of the prudent, contrasting Proverbs 8:12's positive view of wisdom and prudence.

1 Corinthians 1:19-20: For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

Contradiction with James 3:15

This verse describes earthly wisdom as descending from envy and strife, which contradicts the pure and virtuous wisdom mentioned in Proverbs 8:12.

James 3:15: This wisdom descendeth not from above, but [is] earthly, sensual, devilish. [sensual: or, natural]

Contradiction with Isaiah 29:14

It states that God will do marvelous work that confounds the wisdom of the wise, conflicting with the notion in Proverbs 8:12 that wisdom is inherently beneficial.

Isaiah 29:14: Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, [even] a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise [men] shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent [men] shall be hid. [proceed: Heb. add]

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 3:18-19

These verses claim that worldly wisdom is foolishness with God, challenging Proverbs 8:12, which associates wisdom and knowledge with divine qualities.

1 Corinthians 3:18-19: Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
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