Contradiction with Psalms 73:3
This verse describes how the wicked prosper, contradicting the promise of blessings for those who fear the Lord in Psalms 128:1.
Psalms 73:3: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1
Here, Jeremiah questions why the way of the wicked prospers, questioning the correlation between fearing God and experiencing blessings.
Jeremiah 12:1: Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously? [talk...: or, reason the case with thee]
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:15
This verse expresses a view that the righteous suffer despite their righteousness, while the wicked often live long lives, contrasting the notion of blessings for those who walk in God's ways.
Ecclesiastes 7:15: All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.
Contradiction with Job 21:7
Job observes that the wicked often live long and grow mighty in power, questioning the direct correlation between fearing God and receiving blessings as suggested in Psalms 128:1.
Job 21:7: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Contradiction with Malachi 3:15
This verse highlights how the proud and wicked prosper, which contradicts the idea that only those who fear the Lord are blessed.
Malachi 3:15: And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered. [are set up: Heb. are built]