Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
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Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
Job 15:14, Isaiah 64:6, and Romans 3:10 deny anyone is righteous — all our righteousness is as filthy rags, there is none righteous, no, not one. Hebrews 11:4, 2 Peter 2:5-8, Ezekiel 14:14, Luke 1:6, and Matthew 23:35 name specific righteous people — Abel, Noah, Lot, Daniel, Job, Elisabeth, Zacharias.
Critical scholarship: Leans toward reconciliation.
Theology
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The Bible offers four mutually incompatible afterlife schemes. The apocalyptic strand (Daniel 12, Matthew, Mark, Luke, 2 Thessalonians, Hebrews, Jude, Revelation) describes eternal conscious torment.
Critical scholarship: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction.
Theology
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"Psalms 1:5 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/psalms/1/5?version=WEB (retrieved 27 August 2026).