Contradiction with Job 35:2-3
These verses question if humans can be righteous before God, whereas other scriptures affirm that righteousness through faith is possible.
Job 35:2-3: Thinkest thou this to be right, [that] thou saidst, My righteousness [is] more than God's?
Contradiction with Job 1:8
God himself calls Job "a perfect and an upright man," which contradicts Elihu's implication that humans cannot be righteous.
Job 1:8: And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that [there is] none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? [considered: Heb. set thy heart on]
Contradiction with Romans 3:10
Stating "There is none righteous, no, not one," this verse can contradict Elihu's questioning of Job's righteousness.
Romans 3:10: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Contradiction with James 2:23
This verse states that Abraham's faith was counted to him as righteousness, highlighting the possibility of righteousness through faith.
James 2:23: And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6
States "all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags," contradicts the premise that man can be inherently or entirely righteous without divine grace.
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.