Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 8:26

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 8:26 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 8:26. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to King Solomon, this verse means that before God made the earth, fields, and mountains, nothing existed yet. It's like saying God was already there making plans before creating the world.

Proverbs 8:26: While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. [fields: or, open places] [the highest...: or, the chief part]

Contradiction with Genesis 1:1

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth, implying all creations as simultaneous rather than sequential as compared to Proverbs 8:26.

Genesis 1:1: In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:11

States that heaven and earth were created in six days, which contrasts with the sequential development outlined in Proverbs 8:26.

Exodus 20:11: For [in] six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them [is], and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Contradiction with Isaiah 45:18

Affirms that God formed the earth specifically to be inhabited, contrasting the notion of utter unpreparedness in Proverbs 8:26.

Isaiah 45:18: For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I [am] the LORD; and [there is] none else.

Contradiction with John 1:3

Asserts that all things were made by Him, suggesting no sequential order separates parts of creation as indicated in Proverbs 8:26.

John 1:3: All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
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