Contradictions and Paradoxes in Nahum 3:15

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Nahum 3:15 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Nahum 3:15. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Nahum, this verse means that bad things will happen to people who do wrong, like being eaten up by fire and swords, just like bugs eat plants. Even if there are many of them, like bugs called locusts, they won't be safe from being punished.

Nahum 3:15: There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:44

Nahum 3:15 speaks of destruction while Matthew 5:44 promotes love and kindness towards enemies.

Matthew 5:44: But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Contradiction with Romans 12:21

Nahum 3:15 implies overcoming violence with strength, whereas Romans 12:21 encourages overcoming evil with good.

Romans 12:21: Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Contradiction with Proverbs 25:21-22

Nahum 3:15 predicts consuming fire on enemies, whereas Proverbs advises feeding and caring for enemies.

Proverbs 25:21-22: If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

Contradiction with John 10:10

Nahum 3:15 details destruction, contrasting with John 10:10, where life and abundance are promised through Jesus.

John 10:10: The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have [it] more abundantly.

Contradiction with James 1:20

Nahum 3:15 involves wrath and consuming fire, while James 1:20 notes that human wrath does not produce righteousness.

James 1:20: For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
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