Contradiction with Romans 3:23
Explains that all have sinned and fall short of God's glory, implying that actions alone cannot define purity or uprightness.
Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
Contradiction with Psalm 53:3
States that every one has turned aside and become corrupt, conflicting with the idea of children showing a pure and upright nature.
Psalm 53:3: Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:20
Asserts that there is not a just person on earth who does good and does not sin, contradicting the notion that a child's actions can unequivocally demonstrate purity.
Ecclesiastes 7:20: For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6
Declares that all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags, suggesting that outward actions do not demonstrate true purity.
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 Jeremiah 17:9
Describes the heart as deceitful above all things and desperately wicked, countering the claim that actions can clearly show purity or uprightness of heart.
Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Contradiction with Romans 7:18
Paul expresses that nothing good dwells in his flesh, which opposes the notion of inherently pure actions demonstrating character.
Romans 7:18: For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but [how] to perform that which is good I find not.
Contradiction with 1 John 1:8
If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves, implying that no one's actions can purely reflect uprightness.
1 John 1:8: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Contradiction with Matthew 15:19
Points out that evil thoughts and actions proceed from the heart, challenging the assumption that actions alone can reveal purity of heart.
Matthew 15:19: For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: