Contradictions
Theology
Questions where the tension is one of Theology — 126 in all.
Showing 49–72 of 126
These marks echo where critical scholarship tends to land on each question — not GEBible’s own ruling.
Seen as a contradiction
Genuinely disputed
Seen as reconciled
Genuinely disputed among scholars
Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
The tension: Isaiah 45:7, Lamentations 3:38, Amos 3:6, and a stack of prophetic passages including Jeremiah 4:6, 18:11 and 2 Kings 6:33 explicitly attribute the creation or…
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: John 3:13 has Jesus say flatly that no human has ascended into heaven except the Son of Man.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: 2 Peter 2:4 says the rebellious angels were cast into hell and bound in chains of darkness, and Jude 6 repeats that the angels who left their proper estate are…
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Job 9:22 says God destroys both the perfect and the wicked.
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Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: Romans 1:20 says God's invisible attributes — his eternal power and divine nature — are clearly perceived from the things that have been made, leaving humans w…
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Genuinely disputed among scholars
Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
The tension: Job 12:6 says the tents of robbers prosper and those who provoke God are secure.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Job 21:7 stares straight at the problem of evil and admits that the wicked do, in fact, live long and grow mighty.
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Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: Psalm 9:11, 76:2, 132:13-14, and Joel 3:17, 21 lock Yahweh's residence into Mount Zion — chosen, desired, permanent.
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Usually considered reconciled
Scholarly consensus: Usually considered reconciled
The tension: Psalm 12:6, 119:140, and Proverbs 30:5 claim every word of Yahweh is pure, refined like silver.
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Genuinely disputed among scholars
Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
The tension: Psalm 14:3, Psalm 53:3, and Paul quoting them at Romans 3:12 say absolutely no one does good — not one.
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Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: Proverbs 2:3-5, Proverbs 8:17, and Matthew 7:8 / Luke 11:9-10 promise that anyone who seeks God will find him — ask and receive, knock and the door opens.
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Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: Psalm 19:7 says the Torah of Yahweh is perfect (temimah), converting the soul.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Psalm 37:25, Psalm 112:1-3, Proverbs 13:22, and Proverbs 15:6 all treat wealth as a marker of divine favor — the righteous never beg, their houses fill with tr…
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Genuinely disputed among scholars
Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
The tension: Paul stacks Romans 3:28, Romans 4:13, Galatians 2:16, Galatians 3:11-12, and Ephesians 2:8-9 to insist humans are justified by faith apart from works of the la…
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Psalm 92:12 promises the righteous will flourish like the palm and grow like a cedar of Lebanon.
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Leans toward reconciliation
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
The tension: Psalm 121:3-4 flatly declares that the keeper of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep — a doctrinal claim about Yahweh's perpetual vigilance.
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Leans toward reconciliation
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward reconciliation
The tension: Psalm 136:4 praises Yahweh as the one who alone does great wonders (l'oseh nifla'ot gedolot levaddo).
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Genuinely disputed among scholars
Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
The tension: Matthew 12:37 has Jesus telling his hearers that by their words they will be justified — implying some are.
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Genuinely disputed among scholars
Scholarly consensus: Genuinely disputed among scholars
The tension: Habakkuk 1:4 and 1:13 complain that the wicked surround the righteous and devour those more righteous than themselves, and Hebrews 12:6 affirms that Yahweh cha…
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Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: The Bible offers at least four mutually incompatible answers to who or what serves as a ransom for the righteous.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: 1 Timothy 2:3-4 and 2 Peter 3:9 say God wants every human saved; Proverbs 16:4, John 12:40, Romans 9:18-22, and 2 Thessalonians 2:11-12 portray a deity who cre…
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Leans toward a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Leans toward a genuine contradiction
The tension: Proverbs 16:7 promises that when a man's ways please YHWH, even his enemies will be at peace with him.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: Ecclesiastes 1:9 says nothing is new under the sun and nothing ever will be.
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Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
Scholarly consensus: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction
The tension: The Bible offers four mutually incompatible afterlife schemes.
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