Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 9:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 9:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 9:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to King Solomon, wisdom is like someone who builds a strong and beautiful house with pillars, showing how important and valuable it is to have wisdom in our lives. Wisdom makes things strong and helps us make good choices.

Proverbs 9:1: Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

Contradiction with James 3:17

This verse emphasizes wisdom as pure and gentle, contrasting with the structured and house-building imagery of wisdom in Proverbs 9:1.

James 3:17: But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. [partiality: or, wrangling]

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 1:20

Highlights the futility of human wisdom, opposing the notion of wisdom's constructive nature in Proverbs 9:1.

1 Corinthians 1:20: Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:18

Describes the increase of sorrow with wisdom, in contrast to the positive, house-building depiction in Proverbs 9:1.

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