Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is described as deceitful and desperately wicked, contradicting the notion of truth springing from the earth.
Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Contradiction with Romans 3:10
Asserts that there is none righteous, no, not one, opposing the idea of righteousness looking down from heaven.
Romans 3:10: As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
Contradiction with John 8:44
States that lies originate from the devil, contrasting the concept of truth emerging from the earth.
John 8:44: Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. [of his own: or, from his own will or disposition]
Contradiction with Psalm 14:3
Declares that all have turned away and become corrupt, none doing good, conflicting with the idea of righteousness being present.
Psalm 14:3: They are all gone aside, they are [all] together become filthy: [there is] none that doeth good, no, not one. [filthy: Heb. stinking]
Contradiction with Isaiah 64:6
Describes all our righteous acts as filthy rags, opposing the view of righteousness being accessible or visible.
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.
Contradiction with Genesis 6:5
Describes the great wickedness of human thoughts and intentions, contradicting truth coming from the earth.
Genesis 6:5: And GOD saw that the wickedness of man [was] great in the earth, and [that] every imagination of the thoughts of his heart [was] only evil continually. [every...: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires] [continually: Heb. every day]
Contradiction with 1 John 1:8
Suggests that claiming to be without sin is self-deception, opposing the idea of inherent truthfulness.
1 John 1:8: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
Contradiction with Proverbs 20:9
Questions who can say they have made their heart pure, opposing the emergence of truth from the earth.
Proverbs 20:9: Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?