Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 51:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 51:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 51:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the Psalmist, this verse is a prayer asking God to make them clean and wash away all the bad things they've done. It’s like asking God to help them have a fresh start and feel pure again.

Psalms 51:2: Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

Contradiction with Ezekiel 18:20

Contradicts Psalms 51:2 by stating that each person is responsible for their own sin and cannot be cleansed by another's repentance.

Ezekiel 18:20: The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

Contradiction with 1 John 1:10

Contradicts by stating that claiming to have not sinned is self-deception, questioning the premise of innocent cleansing by repentance.

1 John 1:10: If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Contradiction with Romans 3:23

Contradicts by asserting that all have sinned, which could oppose the notion of being fully cleansed from sin.

Romans 3:23: For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
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