Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 119:5 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 119:5. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.
According to the author of Psalms, the writer wishes they could always follow God's rules and do what is right. It's like hoping to always make good choices that make God happy.
Psalms 119:5: O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
Contradiction with Proverbs 16:9
Contradicts by suggesting that humans plan their own ways, while Psalms 119:5 expresses a desire for God-directed paths.
Proverbs 16:9: A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:23
Contradicts by indicating that man does not have the capacity to direct his own steps, implying a natural misalignment with self-directed paths.
Jeremiah 10:23: O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Contradiction with Proverbs 14:12
Suggests that there is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is death, contradicting the idea of steadfast adherence to divine precepts.
Proverbs 14:12: There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.
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