Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 25:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 25:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 25:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to David, people who trust and wait for God will not feel embarrassed or bad, but those who do wrong things for no reason will feel ashamed. God helps those who are patient and trust in Him.

Psalms 25:3: Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.

Contradiction with Psalms 73:3

This verse speaks of the prosperity of the wicked, suggesting they are not shamed or disgraced, contradicting Psalms 25:3 which assures that those who wait on the Lord will not be ashamed.

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

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14

This verse notes that sometimes the righteous suffer while the wicked prosper, which contradicts the assertion of Psalms 25:3 that those who trust in God won't be put to shame.

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.

Contradiction with Job 21:7

Here, Job questions why the wicked live prosperously, which can be seen as a contradiction to Psalms 25:3’s promise that the faithful will not be put to shame.

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

Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1

Jeremiah questions why the way of the wicked prospers, contradicting the assurance in Psalms 25:3 that those who trust in God will not be put to shame.

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]
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