Contradiction with Galatians 6:2
Proverbs 9:12 emphasizes personal responsibility and accountability for one's own wisdom or folly, while Galatians 6:2 focuses on bearing one another's burdens, suggesting a collective responsibility and interdependence.
Galatians 6:2: Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
Contradiction with Philippians 2:4
Proverbs 9:12 highlights individual consequences, but Philippians 2:4 teaches to look beyond oneself and care for the interests of others, indicating a communal approach rather than individualism.
Philippians 2:4: Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
Contradiction with Romans 14:7
Proverbs 9:12 suggests individual influence over personal destiny, whereas Romans 14:7 claims that no one lives only for themselves, implying interconnected lives and impacts.
Romans 14:7: For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself.
Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 12:26
Proverbs 9:12 stresses self-experience of benefits or deficits, but 1 Corinthians 12:26 shows that if one member of a community suffers or rejoices, all share in that experience, contradicting individual isolation.
1 Corinthians 12:26: And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Contradiction with James 5:16
Proverbs 9:12 highlights personal accountability, whereas James 5:16 encourages mutual confession and prayer to foster healing, emphasizing shared support and community health.
James 5:16: Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.