Contradiction with Job 21:7
This verse questions why the wicked often live, become old, and are mighty in wealth, suggesting a contradiction with the idea that only the righteous receive blessings.
Job 21:7: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Contradiction with Psalm 73:3
The speaker admits to envying the prosperity of the wicked, which contradicts the notion that only the righteous are blessed.
Psalm 73:3: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:15
This passage observes the righteous perishing in their righteousness while the wicked prolong their lives, challenging the idea that favor is exclusively for the righteous.
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 Jeremiah 12:1
Jeremiah questions why the wicked prosper and why treacherous people thrive, which contradicts the favor bestowed upon the righteous in Psalms 5:12.
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 Habakkuk 1:13
Here, the prophet is troubled by seeing the wicked devour those more righteous than themselves, contradicting the promise of protection and favor for the righteous.
Habakkuk 1:13: [Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth [the man that is] more righteous than he? [iniquity: or, grievance]