Job 31:14 Contradictions and Paradoxes

According to the author of the book of Job, this verse is about feeling worried about what God might say or do when He comes to check on us. It teaches that it is important to live in a good way so we can have good answers for God.

Contradiction with Romans 14:12

This verse suggests individual accountability before God, implying different circumstances for judgment.

Romans 14:12: So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.

Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6

This verse implies that all human efforts and righteousness are inherently flawed, contrasting with Job's defense without fear of judgment.

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 Ecclesiastes 7:20

This verse states there is no one on earth who does good and never sins, contradicting Job's confidence in his own righteousness before God.

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

Contradiction with 1 John 1:8

Asserts that claiming to be without sin is self-deception, opposing the idea of confidently answering God without fear of wrongdoing.

1 John 1:8: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Contradiction with Job 9:20

Here, Job says that even if he were righteous, his own mouth would condemn him, which contrasts with his later confidence in a defense.

Job 9:20: If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: [if I say], I [am] perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.

Contradiction with Romans 3:10

States that no one is righteous, not even one, contradicting Job's claim of confidence in his righteousness before God.