Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5
This verse advises trusting in the Lord wholeheartedly and not relying on your own understanding, which could contradict the notion in John 7:17 that one's own will can align with understanding God's doctrine.
Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:23
This verse implies that man's way is not in himself, suggesting that reliance on one's desires to know God's will, as in John 7:17, might be insufficient.
Jeremiah 10:23: O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Contradiction with Romans 3:10
States that there is none righteous and none who truly understand or seek God's will on their own, contrasting the idea that anyone's desire to do God's will could lead to understanding His teaching as indicated in John 7:17.
Romans 3:10: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 2:14
Suggests that the natural man cannot receive or understand the things of the Spirit of God, which could contradict the claim in John 7:17 that choosing God’s will is key to understanding it.
1 Corinthians 2:14: But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.