Contradictions and Paradoxes in Job 31:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Job 31:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Job 31:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Job, Job is asking God to check if he is honest and good by using a fair scale. He wants God to see that he has done nothing wrong.

Job 31:6: Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity. [Let...: Heb. Let him weigh me in balances of justice]

Contradiction with Proverbs 21:2

This verse states that every way of a man is right in his own eyes, whereas Job 31:6 calls for a fair weighing by God's balance, acknowledging potential fault in one's own actions.

Proverbs 21:2: Every way of a man [is] right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

It mentions that the heart is deceitful and desperately wicked, contradicting Job 31:6 where Job claims a desire for God to weigh him justly, implying his own righteousness.

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

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 4:4

Paul speaks of how one's conscience may still not be enough for justification, contrasting with Job 31:6 where Job seeks divine vindication through God's balance.

1 Corinthians 4:4: For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. [know: or, I am not conscious of any fault]

Contradiction with Romans 3:10

It says there is none righteous, no, not one, while Job 31:6 implies Job's confidence in his righteousness if weighed by God.

Romans 3:10: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
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