Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 14:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 14:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 14:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God is telling the people that when they see the actions of others, they will understand why He did what He did. It shows that everything God does has a good reason, even if we don't see it right away.

Ezekiel 14:23: And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.

Contradiction with Job 1:1

Job is described as perfect and upright, contradicting the notion of deliberate wrongdoing and judgment in Ezekiel 14:23.

Job 1:1: There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name [was] Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:2

It suggests a common fate for the righteous and the wicked, while Ezekiel 14:23 implies distinct punishment for sin.

Ecclesiastes 9:2: All [things come] alike to all: [there is] one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as [is] the good, so [is] the sinner; [and] he that sweareth, as [he] that feareth an oath.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:33

States that the curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked, while Ezekiel 14:23 acknowledges judgment to understand a city's abominations, suggesting a learning outcome.

Proverbs 3:33: The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

Contradiction with Romans 3:23

Indicates all have sinned, contrasting with the specific punishments directed by God in Ezekiel 14:23 for wrongdoing.

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

Contradiction with John 9:3

Implies suffering is not always due to individual sin, while Ezekiel 14:23 examines actions and reasons for judgment.

John 9:3: Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
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