Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 128:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 128:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 128:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Psalms, people who respect and follow God's rules are happy and blessed. It's like when you listen to your parents and good things happen to you.

Psalms 128:1: [A Song of degrees.] Blessed [is] every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.

Contradiction with Psalms 73:3

This verse describes how the wicked prosper, contradicting the promise of blessings for those who fear the Lord in Psalms 128:1.

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

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1

Here, Jeremiah questions why the way of the wicked prospers, questioning the correlation between fearing God and experiencing blessings.

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 Ecclesiastes 7:15

This verse expresses a view that the righteous suffer despite their righteousness, while the wicked often live long lives, contrasting the notion of blessings for those who walk in God's ways.

Ecclesiastes 7:15: All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.

Contradiction with Job 21:7

Job observes that the wicked often live long and grow mighty in power, questioning the direct correlation between fearing God and receiving blessings as suggested in Psalms 128:1.

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

Contradiction with Malachi 3:15

This verse highlights how the proud and wicked prosper, which contradicts the idea that only those who fear the Lord are blessed.

Malachi 3:15: And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered. [are set up: Heb. are built]
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