1 Kings 9:4 Contradictions and Paradoxes

According to the author of the book, God is telling the king to be good and honest like his father David was, by following all of God's rules and doing what God says is right. It's like God is saying, "If you do the right thing and listen to me, everything will be good."

Contradiction with Romans 3:23

This verse states that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God, contradicting the implication that one can walk perfectly with an upright heart as described in 1 Kings 9:4.

Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

This verse claims the heart is deceitful above all things, contradicting the idea of having a perfect and upright heart as required in 1 Kings 9:4.

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:20

This verse notes that there is not a just man upon earth that does good and sins not, opposing the call to walk in perfection as stated in 1 Kings 9:4.

Ecclesiastes 7:20: For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.

Contradiction with Galatians 2:16

This verse states that a person is not justified by the works of the law but by faith in Jesus Christ, contrasting the conditional requirement of keeping commandments as mentioned in 1 Kings 9:4.

Galatians 2:16: Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

Contradiction with Titus 3:5

This verse indicates that salvation is not by works of righteousness, contrasting 1 Kings 9:4's condition of walking righteously before God.

Titus 3:5: Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;

Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6

This verse claims that all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags, conflicting with the necessity of righteous conduct in 1 Kings 9:4.

Isaiah 64:6: But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.

Contradiction with Proverbs 20:9

This verse questions who can say they have made their heart clean and are pure from sin, contradicting the expectation of a pure and upright heart required in 1 Kings 9:4.

Proverbs 20:9: Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?