Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5
This verse advises to trust in the Lord with all your heart without leaning on your own understanding, while Psalms 119:117 implies self-reliance by stating 'hold thou me up, and I shall be safe' suggesting a condition for safety.
Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Contradiction with Matthew 6:34
This verse tells us not to worry about tomorrow, contradicting Psalms 119:117's implication of future safety contingent on God's support.
Matthew 6:34: Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:11
This verse suggests that life events are influenced by chance rather than divine support, contrasting Psalms 119:117 that attributes safety to God's holding up.
Ecclesiastes 9:11: I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:5
This verse warns against trusting in man, indicating dependence on God as solely reliable, which could contrast the personal assurance expressed in Psalms 119:117.
Jeremiah 17:5: Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Contradiction with Lamentations 3:26
This verse talks about waiting quietly for salvation, contrasting the active assertion of assurance in Psalms 119:117.
Lamentations 3:26: [It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
Contradiction with Romans 8:24
It says we are saved by hope, suggesting faith not by personal condition or action as implied in Psalms 119:117.
Romans 8:24: For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?