Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 139:24

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 139:24 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 139:24. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to King David, he is asking God to check his heart for anything bad and to help him follow the right path forever. David wants to be guided by God to be good and happy.

Psalms 139:24: And see if [there be any] wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. [wicked...: Heb. way of pain, or, grief]

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

This verse advises trust in the Lord with all your heart and to not rely on your own understanding, differing from the introspective search for wickedness in oneself.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with Romans 3:10

This verse states that none are righteous, which may contrast with the notion of seeking and correcting one's own wicked ways.

Romans 3:10: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

Describes the heart as deceitful and desperately wicked, which contrasts with the introspective self-assessment requested in Psalms 139:24.

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Contradiction with Matthew 7:1

Warns against judging, which can conflict with the self-judgment implied by searching for wickedness in oneself.

Matthew 7:1: Judge not, that ye be not judged.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:20

States there is not a just man upon the earth that does good and sins not, suggesting a universal nature of sin that could contradict the searching for wicked ways in oneself.

Ecclesiastes 7:20: For [there is] not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
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