Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 19:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 19:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 19:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to David, God's teachings and rules are more valuable than lots of gold and taste better than the sweetest honey. This means that following what God says is the best and makes us very happy inside.

Psalms 19:10: More to be desired [are they] than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. [the honeycomb: Heb. the dropping of honeycombs]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:14

Describes all the works under the sun as vanity and vexation of spirit, which contradicts the perfection and desirability attributed to God's laws in Psalms 19:10.

Ecclesiastes 1:14: I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all [is] vanity and vexation of spirit.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 3:19

States that the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, contrasting with the value placed on understanding and knowledge in Psalms 19:10.

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 Luke 14:26

Speaks of hating family and even one's own life to be a disciple, contrasting with the life-affirming sweetness and goodness described in Psalms 19:10.

Luke 14:26: If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:19

Advises against storing treasures on earth, which seems at odds with the portrayal of divine laws as more desirable than gold in Psalms 19:10.

Matthew 6:19: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Contradiction with Job 3:3

Expresses a wish that the day of his birth be erased, reflecting a deep despair contrary to the positivity and value found in God's laws as stated in Psalms 19:10.

Job 3:3: Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night [in which] it was said, There is a man child conceived.

Contradiction with Revelation 3:17

Discusses the blindness of thinking one is wealthy while being poor, which contrasts the assured value and wealth of God's commandments in Psalms 19:10.

Revelation 3:17: Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
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