Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 4:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 4:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 4:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the author of the book, God's rules for the people were very special and fair, and no other group had rules as good as these. He wanted everyone to know how lucky they were to have such wonderful rules to help them.

Deuteronomy 4:8: And what nation [is there so] great, that hath statutes and judgments [so] righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

Contradiction with Romans 3:23

This verse states that all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, implying that achieving perfect justice and righteousness as described in Deuteronomy 4:8 is not possible for everyone.

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

Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6

This verse suggests that all our righteous acts are like filthy rags, indicating that no nation can have perfect laws and judgments as claimed in Deuteronomy 4:8.

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 1 Corinthians 1:25

This verse indicates that the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, suggesting that no human-devised statutes, including those mentioned in Deuteronomy 4:8, can compare to God's wisdom.

1 Corinthians 1:25: Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:20

This verse states that there is no righteous man on earth who does good and never sins, challenging the claim that Israel's laws are perfectly just and righteous.

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

Contradiction with Matthew 5:17

This verse implies that the law needs fulfillment and thus cannot be completely perfect as suggested by Deuteronomy 4:8.

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

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:7

This verse acknowledges that if the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second, contesting the idea of unmatched statutes and judgments in Deuteronomy 4:8.

Hebrews 8:7: For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

Contradiction with Galatians 3:24-25

These verses claim that the law was a guardian until Christ came, suggesting that the statutes and judgments in Deuteronomy 4:8 were not the ultimate or perfect system.

Galatians 3:24-25: Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

Contradiction with Acts 15:10

This verse describes the law as a yoke that neither the forefathers nor they could bear, which opposes the idea that Israel's statutes and judgments are unsurpassed in Deuteronomy 4:8.

Acts 15:10: Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
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