Contradiction with Proverbs 16:9
This verse suggests that while a person can plan their way, it's ultimately the Lord who directs their steps, suggesting a potential lack of human agency.
Proverbs 16:9: A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:23
This verse indicates that the way of man is not in himself and that it's not in man to direct his steps, contrasting with the idea that a good man's steps are directly established by the Lord in a straightforward way.
Jeremiah 10:23: O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:11
This verse highlights that time and chance happen to all, contrasting with the concept of divinely guided steps.
Ecclesiastes 9:11: I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Contradiction with Proverbs 20:24
This verse questions how a person can understand their own way if man's goings are of the Lord, suggesting unpredictability rather than predestination.
Proverbs 20:24: Man's goings [are] of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6
Indicates that all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags, which can contradict the idea of steps being divinely guided as "good".
Isaiah 64:6: But we are all as an unclean [thing], and all our righteousnesses [are] as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.