Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 8:37

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 8:37 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 8:37. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, if bad things happen like no food, bugs eating plants, or enemies coming to fight, it means they should ask God for help. It's a reminder that God listens when they need Him most.

1 Kings 8:37: If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, [or] if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness [there be]; [cities: or, jurisdiction]

Contradiction with Psalm 91:10

This verse promises that no evil will befall or plague the faithful, whereas 1 Kings 8:37 discusses the possibility of famine, pestilence, and other calamities affecting the people.

Psalm 91:10: There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.

Contradiction with Isaiah 54:17

This verse assures that no weapon formed against God's people will succeed, contrasting with 1 Kings 8:37 which acknowledges the existence of destructive events like pestilence.

Isaiah 54:17: No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue [that] shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This [is] the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness [is] of me, saith the LORD.

Contradiction with Revelation 21:4

This verse speaks of a future without death, mourning, or pain, contradicting the earthly troubles mentioned in 1 Kings 8:37.

Revelation 21:4: And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

Contradiction with Deuteronomy 7:15

This verse promises that the Lord will prevent diseases from afflicting Israel, in contrast to the calamities mentioned as possibilities in 1 Kings 8:37.

Deuteronomy 7:15: And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all [them] that hate thee.
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