Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 37:23

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 37:23 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 37:23. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to David, God guides good people in what they do, and when they follow His way, they make God happy and He helps them.

Psalms 37:23: The steps of a [good] man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. [ordered: or, established]

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.
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