Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 1:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 1:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 1:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God showed him what the people should do, and Moses told them all the things that God wanted them to follow. It was like God giving instructions on how to live and Moses sharing them so everyone could understand and do them.

Deuteronomy 1:18: And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

Deuteronomy 1:18 emphasizes teaching of laws and judgments to a community, while Proverbs 3:5 encourages trust in the Lord rather than relying on one's own understanding, suggesting an inward, personal guidance rather than structured communal instruction.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Romans 6:14

Deuteronomy 1:18 speaks to the importance of following laws, whereas Romans 6:14 states that believers are not under law but under grace, highlighting a shift from law-based living to grace-based faith.

Romans 6:14: For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Contradiction with Galatians 5:1

While Deuteronomy 1:18 emphasizes adherence to laws and judgments, Galatians 5:1 encourages freedom from the yoke of the law, implying a release from legalistic requirements.

Galatians 5:1: Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:13

Deuteronomy 1:18 involves teaching laws to the people, but Hebrews 8:13 speaks of the old covenant becoming obsolete, negating the necessity of the old laws.

Hebrews 8:13: In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old [is] ready to vanish away.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:17-18

Deuteronomy 1:18 focuses on following specific laws, whereas Matthew 5:17-18 speaks of Jesus fulfilling the law, suggesting that the specific laws of Deuteronomy are completed or transformed in their application.

Matthew 5:17-18: Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
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