Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6
This verse states that all our righteous acts are like filthy rags, suggesting human righteousness is insufficient, contradicting Isaiah 57:12 where human righteousness is presented as commendable.
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 Romans 3:10
This verse declares that there is none righteous, no, not one, opposing the idea that one could justify themselves with their righteousness in Isaiah 57:12.
Romans 3:10: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Contradiction with Philippians 3:9
This verse emphasizes righteousness through faith in Christ rather than from the law, conflicting with the claim of self-righteousness justifying oneself in Isaiah 57:12.
Philippians 3:9: And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Contradiction with Ephesians 2:8-9
These verses emphasize grace by faith and not works for salvation, contradicting the idea of self-justification through righteousness present in Isaiah 57:12.
Ephesians 2:8-9: For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:
Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9
This verse highlights the deceitfulness of the heart, questioning the reliability of one's own righteousness as suggested in Isaiah 57:12.
Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?