Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 119:79

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 119:79 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 119:79. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to most Christian scholars, this verse might be understood as a request for people who love and respect God to be friends with the speaker, and for those who know about God’s teachings to come together. It is like asking for kind and good friends who share the same love for God.

Psalms 119:79: Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.

Contradiction with Proverbs 14:12

While Psalms 119:79 highlights returning to a righteous source, Proverbs 14:12 mentions a way that seems right to a person but ends in death, contrasting human judgment with divine guidance.

Proverbs 14:12: There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof [are] the ways of death.

Contradiction with Matthew 7:13

Psalms 119:79 discusses seeking understanding from God's statutes, whereas Matthew 7:13 warns of a broad path leading to destruction, missing the narrow, correct way.

Matthew 7:13: Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: [strait: or, narrow]

Contradiction with Galatians 5:4

Psalms 119:79 is about understanding through God's laws, but Galatians 5:4 warns that seeking justification through the law can estrange one from Christ.

Galatians 5:4: Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 3:19

While Psalms 119:79 encourages seeking divine wisdom from others, 1 Corinthians 3:19 reveals that human wisdom is foolish with God, questioning reliance on collective human understanding.

1 Corinthians 3:19: For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

Contradiction with Romans 10:2

Psalms 119:79 suggests gaining insight from others devoted to God's statutes, yet Romans 10:2 warns of zeal for God without proper knowledge.

Romans 10:2: For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
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