Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5
While Psalms 119:125 emphasizes understanding God's statutes, Proverbs 3:5 suggests trusting in the Lord rather than leaning on one's own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.
Contradiction with Isaiah 55:8-9
Psalms 119:125 asks for understanding of God's law, but Isaiah 55:8-9 emphasizes that God's thoughts and ways are beyond human understanding.
Isaiah 55:8-9: For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith the LORD.
Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 2:14
Psalms 119:125 desires spiritual discernment, while 1 Corinthians 2:14 claims that spiritual truths are foolishness to the natural man, who cannot understand them on his own.
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.
Contradiction with James 1:5
Psalms 119:125 seeks understanding from God’s laws, but James 1:5 suggests asking God directly for wisdom if one lacks it, implying wisdom comes from asking rather than understanding statutes.
James 1:5: If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.