Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Kings 8:59

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Kings 8:59 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Kings 8:59. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 1 Kings, this verse is about asking God to always listen to our prayers and help us whenever we need it. It's like asking God to take care of us and make sure everything goes well for us all the time.

1 Kings 8:59: And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require: [at all...: Heb. the thing of a day in his day]

Contradiction with Matthew 7:7

1 Kings 8:59 suggests listening to and considering prayers, while Matthew 7:7 promises that asking will lead to receiving, implying a more direct guarantee.

Matthew 7:7: Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Contradiction with Proverbs 15:29

Proverbs states that the Lord is far from the wicked, contrasting with 1 Kings 8:59 where there is a sense of petitions being heard regardless of status.

Proverbs 15:29: The LORD [is] far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

Contradiction with Isaiah 59:2

Highlights separation from God due to sins, in contrast to the notion of prayers being always heard in 1 Kings 8:59.

Isaiah 59:2: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid [his] face from you, that he will not hear. [have hid: or, have made him hide]

Contradiction with James 4:3

James mentions that one may not receive because they ask amiss, conflicting with 1 Kings 8:59 which doesn't specify conditions for unanswered prayers.

James 4:3: Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume [it] upon your lusts. [lusts: or, pleasures]

Contradiction with John 9:31

Asserts God doesn't listen to sinners, differing from 1 Kings 8:59 where prayers seem universally considered.

John 9:31: Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
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