Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 125:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 125:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 125:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Psalms, this verse means that God is asked to be kind and loving to people who try to be kind and good in their hearts. It tells us that God cares for those who choose to do the right thing.

Psalms 125:4: Do good, O LORD, unto [those that be] good, and [to them that are] upright in their hearts.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:33

This verse states that the curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked, whereas Psalms 125:4 asks for goodness to be shown to those who are good and upright.

Proverbs 3:33: The curse of the LORD [is] in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1

This verse questions why the wicked prosper, while Psalms 125:4 seeks goodness for the upright.

Jeremiah 12:1: Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously? [talk...: or, reason the case with thee]

Contradiction with Job 21:7

This verse questions why the wicked live and become mighty, in contrast to Psalms 125:4 which implies that goodness is for the upright in heart.

Job 21:7: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Contradiction with Psalm 73:3

This verse mentions the prosperity of the wicked, which contrasts with the notion of goodness being reserved for the upright as asked in Psalms 125:4.

Psalm 73:3: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14

This verse observes a vanity that righteous men receive what the wicked deserve, contrary to Psalms 125:4, which implies goodness for the upright.

Ecclesiastes 8:14: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.
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