Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 24:7

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 24:7 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 24:7. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Jeremiah, God promises to help people understand Him and love Him completely. When they do, they will be His special people, and He will be their God.

Jeremiah 24:7: And I will give them an heart to know me, that I [am] the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

Contradicts the idea of a renewed heart by stating that the heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure.

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

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:31

Suggests that individuals must make themselves a new heart and spirit, implying it’s their responsibility, whereas Jeremiah 24:7 indicates God will give the new heart.

Ezekiel 18:31: Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?

Contradiction with Matthew 15:19

Indicates that evil thoughts and deeds originate from the heart, suggesting an enduring corrupt nature contrasted with the promise of a changed heart in Jeremiah 24:7.

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

Contradiction with Romans 3:11

States that no one truly seeks God on their own, contrasting with Jeremiah 24:7 where the people are enabled to know God.

Romans 3:11: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
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