Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 119:47

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 119:47 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 119:47. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the Psalmist, God's rules make me really happy, and I love them a lot. They help guide me to do the right things.

Psalms 119:47: And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:15

This verse emphasizes enjoying life and pleasure, which could contradict the focus on delighting in following commandments as expressed in Psalms 119:47.

Ecclesiastes 8:15: Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

Contradiction with Romans 3:20

This verse suggests that no one is justified by the law and could contrast with the notion of finding delight in commandments.

Romans 3:20: Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of sin.

Contradiction with Galatians 3:10

This verse states that those who rely on observing the law are under a curse, contrasting with the positive view of commandments in Psalms 119:47.

Galatians 3:10: For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:1

This verse argues that the law is only a shadow of good things to come, which could be seen as contradictory to the delight experienced in following it as stated in Psalms 119:47.

Hebrews 10:1: For the law having a shadow of good things to come, [and] not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
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