Contradictions and Paradoxes in Ezekiel 36:26

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Ezekiel 36:26 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Ezekiel 36:26. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Ezekiel, God promises to help people become kinder and better by giving them feelings of love and care, instead of being hard and mean like a stone. God wants to change people from the inside so they can live in a good way.

Ezekiel 36:26: A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

Explains the deceitfulness and wicked nature of the human heart, contrary to the transformation of the heart described in Ezekiel 36:26.

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

Contradiction with Matthew 15:19

Lists the evil thoughts and actions that come from the heart, contradicting the idea of a new, clean heart given in Ezekiel 36:26.

Matthew 15:19: For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:

Contradiction with Romans 7:18

Discusses the struggle with sin and the presence of nothing good in human nature, contrasting with the new heart and spirit promised in Ezekiel 36:26.

Romans 7:18: For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but [how] to perform that which is good I find not.

Contradiction with Genesis 6:5

Describes the continual evil in human thoughts and intents before the flood, highlighting the contrast with the renewal of heart in Ezekiel 36:26.

Genesis 6:5: And GOD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually. [every...: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires] [continually: Heb. every day]

Contradiction with Proverbs 28:26

Warns against trusting one's own heart, which conflicts with the notion of receiving a new, trustworthy heart in Ezekiel 36:26.

Proverbs 28:26: He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
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