Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 50:20

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 50:20 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 50:20. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of Psalms, this verse means that God is not happy when people say mean things about their own family members. It's like when you say something unkind about your brother or sister, and it makes God sad.

Psalms 50:20: Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

Contradiction with Exodus 20:16

This verse instructs not to bear false witness against your neighbor, contradicting the action of slandering mentioned in Psalms 50:20.

Exodus 20:16: Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Contradiction with Ephesians 4:31

Encourages putting away slander and malice, in opposition to the act of speaking against your brother in Psalms 50:20.

Ephesians 4:31: Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

Contradiction with Leviticus 19:16

Commands not to go around as a talebearer among your people, contradicting the slandering of a brother mentioned in Psalms 50:20.

Leviticus 19:16: Thou shalt not go up and down [as] a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I [am] the LORD.

Contradiction with James 4:11

Advises against speaking evil of each other, directly opposing the act described in Psalms 50:20.

James 4:11: Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
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