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GE 1:3-5 On the first day,
God created light, then separated light and darkness.


GE 1:14-19 The sun (which
separates night and day) wasn't created until the fourth day.

GE 1:11-12, 26-27 Trees were created
before man was created.

GE 2:4-9 Man was created
before trees were created.

GE 1:20-21, 26-27 Birds were created
before man was created.

GE 2:7, 19 Man was created before birds
were created.

GE 1:24-27 Animals were
created before man was created.


GE 2:7, 19 Man was created before animals
were created.

GE 1:26-27 Man and woman
were created at the same time.

GE 2:7, 21-22 Man was created first,
woman sometime later.

GE 1:28 God encourages
reproduction.

LE 12:1-8 God requires
purification rites following childbirth which, in effect, makes childbirth a sin. (Note:
The period for purification following the birth of a daughter is twice that for a son.)

GE 1:31 God was pleased
with his creation.

GE 6:5-6 God was not pleased
with his creation.


(Note: That God should be displeased is inconsistent with the concept of omniscience.)

GE 2:4, 4:26, 12:8, 22:14-16, 26:25 God was already known as
"the Lord" (Jahveh or Jehovah) much earlier than the time of Moses.


EX 6:2-3 God was first known
as "the Lord" (Jahveh or Jehovah) at the time of the Egyptian Bondage, during
the life of Moses.

GE 2:17 Adam was to die the
very day that he ate the forbidden fruit.

GE 5:5 Adam lived 930 years.

GE 2:15-17, 3:4-6 It is wrong to want to be
able to tell good from evil.

HE 5:13-14 It is immature
to be unable to tell good from evil.

GE 4:4-5 God prefers
Abel's offering and has no regard for Cain's.


2CH 19:7, AC 10:34, RO 2:11 God shows no partiality.
He treats all alike.

GE 4:9 God asks Cain where
his brother Able is.

PR 15:3, JE 16:17, 23:24-25, HE 4:13 God is everywhere. He
sees everything. Nothing is hidden from his view.

GE 4:15, DT 32:4, IS 34:8 God is a vengeful god.

EX 15:3, IS 42:13, HE 12:29 God is a warrior. God
is a consuming fire.


EX 20:5, 34:14, DT 4:24, 5:9, 6:15, 29:20, 32:21 God is a jealous god.


LE 26:7-8, NU 31:17-18, DT 20:16-17, JS 10:40, JG 14:19, EZ 9:5-7 The Spirit of God is
(sometimes) murder and killing.

NU 25:3-4, DT 6:15, 9:7-8, 29:20, 32:21, PS 7:11, 78:49, JE 4:8, 17:4, 32:30-31, ZP 2:2 God is angry. His anger
is sometimes fierce.


2SA 22:7-8 (KJV) "I
called to the Lord; ... he heard my voice; ... The earth trembled and quaked, ... because
he was angry. Smoke came from his nostrils. Consuming fire came from his mouth, burning
coals blazed out of it."

EZ 6:12, NA 1:2, 6 God is jealous and furious. He
reserves wrath for, and takes revenge on, his enemies. "... who can abide in the
fierceness of his anger? His fury is poured out like fire, and rocks are thrown down by
him."

2CO 13:11, 14, 1JN 4:8, 16 God is love.


GA 5:22-23 The fruit of
the Spirit of God is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, faithfulness, gentleness and
self-control.

GE 4:16 Cain went away (or
out) from the presence of the Lord.

JE 23:23-24 A man cannot
hide from God. God fills heaven and earth.

GE 6:4 There were Nephilim
(giants) before the Flood.


GE 7:21 All creatures other
than Noah and his clan were annihilated by the Flood.

NU 13:33 There were Nephilim
after the Flood.

GE 6:6. EX 32:14, NU 14:20, 1SA 15:35, 2SA 24:16 God does change his
mind.


NU 23:19-20, IS 15:29, JA 1:17 God does not change his
mind.

GE 6:19-22, 7:8-9, 7:14-16 Two of each kind are
to be taken, and are taken, aboard Noah's Ark.


GE 7:2-5 Seven pairs of some
kinds are to be taken (and are taken) aboard the Ark.

GE 7:1 Noah was righteous.

JB 1:1,8, JB 2:3 Job was righteous.


LK 1:6 Zechariah and Elizabeth
were righteous.

JA 5:16 Some men are righteous,
(which makes their prayers effective).

1JN 3:6-9 Christians become
righteous (or else they are not really Christians).

RO 3:10, 3:23, 1JN 1:8-10 No one was or is
righteous.

GE 7:7 Noah and his clan
enter the Ark.

GE 7:13 They enter the Ark
(again?).

GE 11:7-9 God sows
discord.

PR 6:16-19 God hates
anyone who sows discord.

GE 11:9 At Babel, the Lord
confused the language of the whole world.

1CO 14:33 Paul says
that God is not the author of confusion.

GE 11:12 Arpachshad
[Arphaxad] was the father of Shelah.

LK 3:35-36 Cainan was the
father of Shelah. Arpachshad was the grandfather of Shelah.

GE 11:16 Terah was 70
years old when his son Abram was born.

GE 11:32 Terah was 205 years
old when he died (making Abram 135 at the time).

GE 12:4, AC 7:4 Abram was 75 when he left
Haran. This was after Terah died. Thus, Terah could have been no more than 145 when he
died; or Abram was only 75 years old after he had lived 135 years.

GE 12:7, 17:1, 18:1, 26:2, 32:30, EX 3:16, 6:2-3, 24:9-11, 33:11, NU 12:7-8, 14:14, JB 42:5, AM 7:7-8, 9:1 God is seen.


EX 33:20, JN 1:18, 1JN 4:12 God is not seen. No one
can see God's face and live. No one has ever seen him.

GE 10:5, 20, 31 There were many languages
before the Tower of Babel.


GE 11:1 There was only one
language before the Tower of Babel.

GE 15:9, EX 20:24, 29:10-42, LE 1:1-7, 38, NU 28:1-29, 40 God details sacrificial
offerings.


JE 7:21-22 God says he did
no such thing.

GE 16:15, 21:1-3, GA 4:22 Abraham had two sons,
Ishmael and Isaac.

HE 11:17 Abraham had only one
son.

GE 17:1, 35:11, 1CH 29:11-12, LK 1:37 God is omnipotent. Nothing
is impossible with (or for) God.

JG 1:19 Although God was with
Judah, together they could not defeat the plainsmen because the latter had iron chariots.

GE 17:7, 10-11 The covenant of
circumcision is to be everlasting.


GA 6:15 It is of no
consequence.

GE 17:8 God promises
Abraham the land of Canaan as an "everlasting possession." GE 25:8, AC 7:2-5, HE 11:13 Abraham died with the
promise unfulfilled.

GE 17:15-16, 20:11-12, 22:17 Abraham and his half
sister, Sarai, are married and receive God's blessings.

LE 20:17, DT 27:20-23 Incest is
wrong.

GE 18:20-21 God decides
to "go down" to see what is going on.


PR 15:3, JE 16:17, 23:24-25, HE 4:13 God is everywhere. He
sees everything. Nothing is hidden from his view.

GE 19:30-38 While he is
drunk, Lot's two daughters "lie with him," become pregnant, and give birth to
his offspring.


2PE 2:7 Lot was
"just" and "righteous."

GE 22:1-12, DT 8:2 God tempts (tests)
Abraham and Moses.

JG 2:22 God himself says that
he does test (tempt).


1CO 10:13 Paul says
that God controls the extent of our temptations.

JA 1:13 God tests (tempts) no
one.

GE 27:28 "May God
give you ... an abundance of grain and new wine."

DT 7:13 If they follow his
commandments, God will bless the fruit of their wine.


PS 104:5 God gives us wine to
gladden the heart.

JE 13:12 "... every
bottle shall be filled with wine."

JN 2:1-11 According to the
author of John, Jesus' first miracle was turning water to wine.

RO 14:21 It is good to refrain
from drinking wine.

GE 35:10 God says Jacob is
to be called Jacob no longer; henceforth his name is Israel.

GE 46:2 At a later time, God
himself uses the name Jacob.

GE 36:11 The sons of
Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz.

GE 36:15-16 Teman, Omar,
Zepho, Kenaz.


1CH 1:35-36 Teman,
Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.

GE 49:2-28 The fathers
of the twelve tribes of Israel are: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Zebulun, Issachar, Dan,
Gad, Asher, Naphtali, Joseph, and Benjamin.

RE 7:4-8 (Leaves out the
tribe of Dan, but adds Manasseh.)

GE 50:13 Jacob was buried
in a cave at Machpelah bought from Ephron the Hittite.


AC 7:15-16 He was buried in
the sepulchre at Shechem, bought from the sons of Hamor.

EX 3:1 Jethro was the
father-in-law of Moses.

NU 10:29, JG 4:11 (KJV) Hobab was the
father-in-law of Moses.

EX 3:20-22, DT 20:13-17 God instructs
the Israelites to despoil the Egyptians, to plunder their enemies.

EX 20:15, 17, LE 19:13 God prohibits
stealing, defrauding, or robbing a neighbor.

EX 4:11 God decides who will
be dumb, deaf, blind, etc.


2CO 13:11, 14, 1JN 4:8, 16 God is a god of love.

EX 9:3-6 God destroys all
the cattle (including horses) belonging to the Egyptians.

EX 9:9-11 The people and the
cattle are afflicted with boils.


EX 12:12, 29 All the first-born of the
cattle of the Egyptians are destroyed.

EX 14:9 After having all their
cattle destroyed, then afflicted with boils, and then their first-born cattle destroyed,
the Egyptians pursue Moses on horseback.

EX 12:13 The Israelites
have to mark their houses with blood in order for God to see which houses they occupy and
"pass over" them.


PR 15:3, JE 16:17, 23:24-25, HE 4:13 God is everywhere. He
sees everything. Nothing is hidden from God.

EX 12:37, NU 1:45-46 The number of men
of military age who take part in the Exodus is given as more than 600,000. Allowing for
women, children, and older men would probably mean that a total of about 2,000,000
Israelites left Egypt.


1KI 20:15 All the Israelites,
including children, number only 7000 at a later time.

EX 15:3, 17:16, NU 25:4, 32:14, IS 42:13 God is a man of war--he
is fierce and angry.


RO 15:33, 2CO 13:11, 14, 1JN 4:8, 16 God is a god of love and peace.

EX 20:1-17 God gave the
law directly to Moses (without using an intermediary).


GA 3:19 The law was ordained
through angels by a mediator (an intermediary).

EX 20:4 God prohibits the
making of any graven images whatsoever.

EX 25:18 God enjoins the
making of two graven images.

EX 20:5, 34:7, NU 14:18, DT 5:9, IS 14:21-22 Children are to
suffer for their parent's sins.


DT 24:16, EZ 18:19-20 Children are not
to suffer for their parent's sins.

EX 20:8-11, 31:15-17, 35:1-3 No work is to be done on
the Sabbath, not even lighting a fire. The commandment is permanent, and death is required
for infractions.

MK 2:27-28 Jesus says that the
Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath (after his disciples were criticized for
breaking the Sabbath).


RO 14:5, CN 2:14-16 Paul says the
Sabbath commandment was temporary, and to decide for yourself regarding its observance.

EX 20:12, DT 5:16, MT 15:4, 19:19, MK 7:10, 10:19, LK 18:20 Honor your father and your
mother is one of the ten commandments. It is reinforced by Jesus.


MT 10:35-37, LK 12:51-53, 14:26 Jesus says that he has come
to divide families; that a man's foes will be those of his own household; that you must
hate your father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, and even your own life to be
a disciple.

MT 23:9 Jesus says to call no
man on earth your father.

EX 20:13, DT 5:17, MK 10:19, LK 18:20, RO 13:9, JA 2:11 God prohibits killing.


GE 34:1-35:5 God condones
trickery and killing.

EX 32:27, DT 7:2, 13:15, 20:1-18 God orders
killing.

2KI 19:35 An angel of the
Lord slaughters 185,000 men.


(Note: See Atrocities
section for many more examples.)

EX 20:14 God prohibits
adultery.

HO 1:2 God instructs Hosea to
"take a wife of harlotry."

EX 21:23-25, LE 24:20, DT 19:21 A life for a life,
an eye for an eye, etc.

MT 5:38-44, LK 6:27-29 Turn the other cheek.
Love your enemies.

EX 23:7 God prohibits the
killing of the innocent.


NU 31:17-18, DT 7:2, JS 6:21-27, 7:19-26, 8:22-25, 10:20, 40, 11:8-15, 20, 30-39, JG 11:30-39, 21:10-12, 1SA 15:3 God orders or approves
the complete extermination of groups of people which include innocent women and/or
children.


(Note: See Atrocities
section for many other examples of the killing of innocents.)

EX 34:6, DT 7:9-10, TS 1:2 God is faithful and truthful.
He does not lie.

NU 14:30 God breaks his
promise.

EX 34:6, DT 7:9-10, TS 1:2 God is faithful and truthful.
He does not lie.

1KI 22:21-23 God condones
a spirit of deception.

EX 34:6, DT 7:9-10, TS 1:2 God is faithful and truthful.
He does not lie.


2TH 2:11-12 God
deludes people, making them believe what is false, so as to be able to condemn them.
(Note: some versions use the word persuade here. The context makes clear, however, that
deception is involved.)

EX 34:6-7, JS 24:19, 1CH 16:34 God is faithful,
holy and good.

IS 45:6-7, LA 3:8, AM 3:6 God is responsible for evil.

EX 34:6-7, HE 9:27 God remembers sin, even
when it has been forgiven.

JE 31:34 God does not
remember sin when it has been forgiven.

LE 3:17 God himself
prohibits forever the eating of blood and fat.


MT 15:11, CN 2:20-22 Jesus and Paul
say that such rules don't matter--they are only human injunctions.

LE 19:18, MT 22:39 Love your neighbor [as
much as] yourself.

1CO 10:24 Put your
neighbor ahead of yourself.

LE 21:10 The chief
priest is not to rend his clothes.

MT 26:65, MK 14:63 He does so during the
trial of Jesus.

LE 25:37, PS 15:1, 5 It is wrong to lend money at
interest.


MT 25:27, LK 19:23-27 It is wrong to lend
money without interest.

NU 11:33 God inflicts
sickness.

JB 2:7 Satan inflicts sickness.

NU 15:24-28 Sacrifices
can, in at least some case, take away sin.

HE 10:11 They never take away
sin.

NU 25:9 24,000 died in the
plague.

1CO 10:8 23,000 died in
the plague.

NU 30:2 God enjoins the
making of vows (oaths).

MT 5:33-37 Jesus forbids
doing so, saying that they arise from evil (or the Devil).

NU 33:38 Aaron died on Mt.
Hor.

DT 10:6 Aaron died in
Mosera.

NU 33:41-42 After
Aaron's death, the Israelites journeyed from Mt. Hor, to Zalmonah, to Punon, etc.

DT 10:6-7 It was from
Mosera, to Gudgodah, to Jotbath.

DT 6:15, 9:7-8, 29:20, 32:21 God is sometimes
angry.


MT 5:22 Anger is a sin.

DT 7:9-10 God
destroys his enemies.

MT 5:39-44 Do not resist
your enemies. Love them.

DT 18:20-22 A false
prophet is one whose words do not come true. Death is required.


EZ 14:9 A prophet who is
deceived, is deceived by God himself. Death is still required.

DT 23:1 A castrate may
not enter the assembly of the Lord.

IS 56:4-5 Some castrates will
receive special rewards.

DT 23:1 A castrate may
not enter the assembly of the Lord.


MT 19:12 Men are encouraged
to consider making themselves castrates for the sake of the Kingdom of God.

DT 24:1-5 A man can
divorce his wife simply because she displeases him and both he and his wife can remarry.

MK 10:2-12 Divorce is wrong,
and to remarry is to commit adultery.

DT 24:16, 2KI 14:6, 2CH 25:4, EZ 18:20 Children are not to
suffer for their parent's sins.


RO 5:12, 19, 1CO 15:22 Death is passed
to all men by the sin of Adam.

DT 30:11-20 It is
possible to keep the law.

RO 3:20-23 It is not
possible to keep the law.

JS 11:20 God shows no mercy
to some.

LK 6:36, JA 5:11 God is merciful.

JG 4:21 Sisera was sleeping
when Jael killed him.


JG 5:25-27 Sisera was
standing.

JS 10:38-40 Joshua
himself captured Debir.

JG 1:11-15 It was Othniel,
who thereby obtained the hand of Caleb's daughter, Achsah.

1SA 8:2-22 Samuel
informs God as to what he has heard from others.


PR 15:3, JE 16:17, 23:24-25, HE 4:13 God is everywhere. He
sees and hears everything.

1SA 9:15-17 The Lord
tells Samuel that Saul has been chosen to lead the Israelites and will save them from the
Philistines.

1SA 15:35 The Lord is sorry
that he has chosen Saul.


1SA 31:4-7 Saul commits
suicide and the Israelites are overrun by the Philistines.

1SA 15:7-8, 20 The Amalekites are utterly
destroyed.

1SA 27:8-9 They are utterly
destroyed (again?).


1SA 30:1, 17-18 They raid Ziklag and
David smites them (again?).

1SA 16:10-11, 17:12 Jesse had seven sons plus
David, or eight total.

1CH 2:13-15 He had
seven total.

1SA 16:19-23 Saul knew
David well before the latter's encounter with Goliath.

1SA 17:55-58 Saul did not
know David at the time of his encounter with Goliath and had to ask about David's
identity.

1SA 17:50 David killed
Goliath with a slingshot.

1SA 17:51 David killed
Goliath (again?) with a sword.

1SA 17:50 David killed
Goliath.

2SA 21:19 Elhanan killed
Goliath. (Note: Some translations insert the words "the brother of" before
Elhanan. These are an addition to the earliest manuscripts in an apparent attempt to
rectify this inconsistency.)

1SA 21:1-6 Ahimalech was
high priest when David ate the bread.


MK 2:26 Abiathar was high priest
at the time.

1SA 28:6 Saul inquired of
the Lord, but received no answer.

1CH 10:13-14 Saul
died for not inquiring of the Lord.

1SA 31:4-6 Saul killed
himself by falling on his sword.


2SA 2:2-10 Saul, at his own
request, was slain by an Amalekite.

2SA 21:12 Saul was killed by
the Philistines on Gilboa.

1CH 10:13-14 Saul was
slain by God.

2SA 6:23 Michal was
childless.


2SA 21:8 (KJV) She had five
sons.

2SA 24:1 The Lord inspired
David to take the census.

1CH 21:1 Satan inspired
the census.

2SA 24:9 The census count
was: Israel 800,000 and Judah 500,000.


1CH 21:5 The census count
was: Israel 1,100,000 and Judah 470,000.

2SA 24:10-17 David
sinned in taking the census.

1KI 15:5 David's only sin
(ever) was in regard to another matter.

2SA 24:24 David paid 50
shekels of silver for the purchase of a property.


1CH 21:22-25 He paid
600 shekels of gold.

1KI 3:12 God made Solomon
the wisest man that ever lived, yet ....

1KI 11:1-13 Solomon loved
many foreign women (against God's explicit prohibition) who turned him to other gods (for
which he deserved death).

1KI 3:12, 4:29, 10:23-24, 2CH 9:22-23 God made Solomon
the wisest king and the wisest man that ever lived. There never has been nor will be
another like him.


MT 12:42, LK 11:31 Jesus says: "... now
one greater than Solomon is here."

1KI 4:26 Solomon had 40,000
horses (or stalls for horses).

2CH 9:25 He had 4,000
horses (or stalls for horses).

1KI 5:16 Solomon had 3,300
supervisors.

2CH 2:2 He had 3,600
supervisors.

1KI 7:15-22 The two
pillars were 18 cubits high.

2CH 3:15-17 They were
35 cubits high.

1KI 7:26 Solomon's
"molten sea" held 2000 "baths" (1 bath = about 8 gallons).

2CH 4:5 It held 3000
"baths."

1KI 8:12, 2CH 6:1, PS 18:11 God dwells in thick
darkness.

1TI 6:16 God dwells in
unapproachable light.

1KI 8:13, AC 7:47 Solomon, whom God made the
wisest man ever, built his temple as an abode for God.


AC 7:48-49 God does not dwell
in temples built by men.

1KI 9:28 420 talents of
gold were brought back from Ophir.

2CH 8:18 450 talents of
gold were brought back from Ophir.

1KI 15:14 Asa did not
remove the high places.


2CH 14:2-3 He did
remove them.

1KI 16:6-8 Baasha died in
the 26th year of King Asa's reign.

2CH 16:1 Baasha built a
city in the 36th year of King Asa's reign.

1KI 16:23 Omri became king
in the thirty-first year of Asa's reign and he reigned for a total of twelve years.


1KI 16:28-29 Omri died,
and his son Ahab became king in the thirty- eighth year of Asa's reign. (Note: Thirty-one
through thirty-eight equals a reign of seven or eight years.)

1KI 22:23, 2CH 18:22, 2TH 2:11 God himself
causes a lying spirit.

PR 12:22 God abhors lying
lips and delights in honesty.

1KI 22:42-43 Jehoshaphat did
not remove the high places.

2CH 17:5-6 He did
remove them.

2KI 2:11 Elijah went up to
heaven.

JN 3:13 Only the Son of Man
(Jesus) has ever ascended to heaven.


2CO 12:2-4 An unnamed
man, known to Paul, went up to heaven and came back.

HE 11:5 Enoch was translated
to heaven.

2KI 4:32-37 A dead child
is raised (well before the time of Jesus).

MT 9:18-25, JN 11:38-44 Two dead persons are
raised (by Jesus himself).


AC 26:23 Jesus was the first to
rise from the dead.

2KI 8:25-26 Ahaziah was
22 years old when he began his reign.

2CH 22:1 He was 42 when
he began his reign.

2KI 9:27 Jehu shot Ahaziah
near Ibleam. Ahaziah fled to Meggido and died there.


2CH 22:9 Ahaziah was
found hiding in Samaria, brought to Jehu, and put to death.

2KI 16:5 The King of Syria
and the son of the King of Israel did not conquer Ahaz.

2CH 28:5-6 They did
conquer Ahaz.

2KI 24:8 Jehoiachin
(Jehoiakim) was eighteen years old when he began to reign.


2CH 36:9 He was eight.

(Note: This discrepancy has been "corrected" in some versions.)

2KI 24:8 Jehoiachin
(Jehoiakim) reigned three months.

2CH 36:9 He reigned three
months and ten days.

2KI 24:17 Jehoiachin
(Jehoaikim) was succeeded by his uncle.

2CH 36:10 He was
succeeded by his brother.

2CH 3:11-13 The
lineage is: Joram, Ahaziah, Joash, Amaziah, Azariah, Jotham.

MT 1:8-9 It is: Joram,
Uzziah, Jotham, etc.

2CH 3:19 Pedaiah was
the father of Zerubbabel.

ER 3:2 Shealtiel was the father of
Zerubbabel.

2CH 19:7, AC 10:34, RO 2:11 There is no injustice or
partiality with the Lord.


RO 9:15-18 God has mercy on
(and hardens the hearts of) whom he pleases.

ER 2:3-64 (Gives the whole
congregation as 42,360 while the actual sum of the numbers is about 30,000.)

JB 2:3-6, 21:7-13, 2TI 3:12 The godly are
persecuted and chastised but the wicked grow old, wealthy, and powerful, unchastised by
God.


PS 55:23, 92:12-14, PR 10:2-3, 27-31, 12:2, 21 The lives of the wicked are
cut short. The righteous flourish and obtain favor from the Lord.

PS 10:1 God cannot be found
in time of need. He is "far off."


PS 145:18 God is near to all
who call upon him in truth.

PS 22:1-2 God sometimes
forsakes his children. He does not answer.

PS 46:1 God is a refuge, a
strength, a very present help.

PS 30:5, JE 3:12, MI 7:18 God's anger does not last
forever.


JE 17:4, MT 25:46 It does last forever.
(He has provided for eternal punishment.)

PS 58:10-11 The
righteous shall rejoice when he sees vengeance.

PR 24:16-18 Do not
rejoice when your enemy falls or stumbles.

PS 78:69, EC 1:4, 3:14 The earth was
established forever.

PS 102:25-26, MT 24:35, MK 13:31, LK 21:33, HE 1:10-11, 2PE 3:10 The earth will someday
perish.

PR 3:13, 4:7, 19:8, JA 1:5 Happy is the man who finds
wisdom. Get wisdom.

LK 2:40, 52 Jesus was filled with wisdom and
found favor with God.


1CO 1:19-25, 3:18-20 Wisdom is
foolishness.

PR 12:2, RO 8:28 A good man obtains favor
from the Lord.

TI 3:12, HE 12:6 The godly will be
persecuted.

PR 14:8 The wisdom of a
prudent man is to discern his way.

MT 6:25-34 Take no thought
for tomorrow. God will take care of you.

PR 14:15-18 The simple
believe everything and acquire folly; the prudent look where they are going and are
crowned with knowledge.

MT 18:3, LK 18:17 You must believe as little
children do.


1CO 1:20, 27 God has made the wisdom
of the world foolish so as to shame the wise.

PR 16:4 God made the wicked
for the "day of evil."

MT 11:25, MK 4:11-12 God and Jesus hide
some things from some people.


JN 6:65 No one can come to Jesus
unless it is granted by God.

RO 8:28-30 Some are
predestined to be called to God, believe in Jesus, and be justified.

RO 9:15-18 God has mercy on,
and hardens the hearts of, whom he pleases.

2TH 2:11-12 God
deceives the wicked so as to be able to condemn them.


1TI 2:3-4, 2PE 3:9 [Yet] God wants all to be
saved.

PR 8:13, 16:6 It is the fear of God that
keeps men from evil.

1JN 4:18 There is no fear in
love. Perfect love drives out fear.


1JN 5:2, 2JN 1:6 Those who love God keep his
commandments.

PR 26:4 Do not answer a
fool. To do so makes you foolish too.

PR 26:5 Answer a fool. If you
don't, he will think himself wise.

PR 30:5 Every word of God
proves true.

JE 8:8 The scribes falsify the
word of God.

JE 20:7, EZ 14:9, 2TH 2:11-12 God
himself deceives people.


(Note: Some versions translate deceive as "persuade." The context makes clear,
however, that deception is involved.)

IS 3:13 God stands to judge.

JL 3:12 He sits to judge.

IS 44:24 God created heaven
and earth alone.


JN 1:1-3 Jesus took part in
creation.

IS 53:9 Usually taken to be
a prophecy re: Jesus, mentions burial with others.

MT 27:58-60, MK 15:45-46, LK 23:52-53, JN 19:38-42 Jesus was buried by
himself.

JE 12:13 Some sow wheat
but reap thorns.

MI 6:15 Some sow but won't reap
anything.

MT 25:26, LK 19:22 Some reap without sowing.


2CO 9:6, GA 6:7 A man reaps what he sows.

JE 32:18 God shows love
to thousands, but brings punishment for the sins of their fathers to many children.

2CO 13:11, 14, 1JN 4:8, 16 God is a god of love.

JE 34:4-5 Zedekiah was
to die in peace.

JE 52:10-11 Instead,
Zedekaih's sons are slain before his eyes, his eyes are then put out, he is bound in
fetters, taken to Babylon and left in prison to die.

EZ 20:25-26 The law was
not good. The sacrifice of children was for the purpose of horrifying the people so that
they would know that God is Lord.

RO 7:12, 1TI 1:8 The law is good.

EZ 26:15-21 God says
that Tyre will be destroyed and will never be found again.

(Nebudchanezzar failed to capture or destroy Tyre. It is still inhabited.)

DN 5:1 (Gives the title of
"king" to Belshazzar although Belshazzar was actually the "viceroy.")

DN 5:2 (Says that
Nebuchadnezzar was the father of Belshazzar, but actually, Nebonidus was the father of
Belshazzar.) (Note: Some versions attempt to correct this error by making the verse say
that Nebuchadnezzar was the grandfather of Belshazzar.)

ZE 11:12-13 Mentions
"thirty pieces" and could possibly be thought to be connected with the Potter's
Field prophesy referred to in Matthew.

MT 27:9 Jeremiah is given as
the source of the prophesy regarding the purchase of the Potter's Field. (Note: There is
no such prophesy in Jeremiah.)

MT 1:6-7 The lineage of
Jesus is traced through David's son, Solomon.

LK 3:23-31 It is traced
through David's son, Nathan.

(Note: Some apologists assert that Luke traces the lineage through Mary. That this is
untrue is obvious from the context since Luke and Matthew both clearly state that Joseph
was Jesus' father.)

MT 1:16 Jacob was Joseph's
father.


LK 3:23 Heli was Joseph's father.

MT 1:17 There were
twenty-eight generations from David to Jesus.

LK 3:23-38 There were
forty-three.

MT 1:18-21 The
Annunciation occurred after Mary had conceived Jesus.


LK 1:26-31 It occurred before
conception.

MT 1:20 The angel spoke to
Joseph.

LK 1:28 The angel spoke to Mary.

MT 1:20-23, LK 1:26-33 An angel announces to
Joseph and/or Mary that the child (Jesus) will be "great," the "son of the
Most High," etc., and ....


MT 3:13-17, MK 1:9-11 The baptism of Jesus is
accompanied by the most extraordinary happenings, yet ....

MK 3:21 Jesus' own relatives (or
friends) attempt to constrain him, thinking that he might be out of his mind, and ....

MK 6:4-6 Jesus says that a
prophet is without honor in his own house (which certainly should not have been the case
considering the Annunciation and the Baptism).

MT 1:23 He will be called
Emmanuel (or Immanuel).

MT 1:25 Instead, he was called
Jesus.

MT 2:13-16 Following the
birth of Jesus, Joseph and Mary flee to Egypt, (where they stay until after Herod's death)
in order to avoid the murder of their firstborn by Herod. Herod slaughters all male
infants two years old and under. (Note: John the Baptist, Jesus' cousin, though under two
is somehow spared without fleeing to Egypt.)

LK 2:22-40 Following the birth
of Jesus, Joseph and Mary remain in the area of Jerusalem for the Presentation (about
forty days) and then return to Nazareth without ever going to Egypt. There is no slaughter
of the infants.

MT 2:23 "And he went
and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was said through the prophets:
He will be called a Nazarene.'" (This prophecy is not found in the OT and while Jesus
is often referred to as "Jesus of Nazareth", he is seldom referred to as
"Jesus the Nazarene.")

MT 3:11-14, JN 1:31-34 John realized the true
identity of Jesus (as the Messiah) either prior to the actual Baptism, or from the Baptism
onward. The very purpose of John's baptism was to reveal Jesus to Israel.


MT 11:2-3 After the Baptism,
John sends his disciples to ask if Jesus is the Messiah.

MT 3:12, 13:42 Hell is a furnace of fire
(and must therefore be light).

MT 8:12, 22:13, 25:30 Hell is an "outer
darkness" (and therefore dark).

MT 3:16, MK 1:10 It was Jesus who saw the
Spirit descending.

JN 1:32 It was John who saw the
Spirit descending.

MT 3:17 The heavenly voice
addressed the crowd: "This is my beloved Son."


MK 1:11, LK 3:22 The voice addressed Jesus:
"You are my beloved Son...."

MT 4:1-11, MK 1:12-13 Immediately following
his Baptism, Jesus spent forty days in the wilderness resisting temptation by the Devil.

JN 2:1-11 Three days after the
Baptism, Jesus was at the wedding in Cana.

MT 4:5-8 The Devil took
Jesus to the pinnacle of the temple, then to the mountain top.

LK 4:5-9 First to the mountain
top, then to the pinnacle of the temple.

MT 4:18-20, MK 1:16-18 (One story about
choosing Peter as a disciple.)


LK 5:2-11 (A different story.)

JN 1:35-42 (Still another
story.)

MT 5:1 - 7:29 Jesus delivers his most
noteworthy sermon while on the mount.


LK 6:17-49 Jesus delivers his
most noteworthy sermon while on the plain. (Note: No such sermons are mentioned in either MK or JN and Paul seems totally unfamiliar with
either the sermon on the mount or the sermon on the plain.)

MT 5:16 Good works should
be seen.

MT 6:1-4 They should be kept
secret.

MT 5:17-19, LK 16:17 Jesus underscores the
permanence of the law.

LE 10:8 - 11:47, DT 14:3-21 The law
distinguishes between clean and unclean foods.


MK 7:14-15, MK 7:18-19 Jesus says that there
is no such distinction.

TI 4:1-4 All foods are
clean according to Paul.

MT 5:17-19, LK 16:17 Jesus did not come to
abolish the law.


EP 2:13-15, HE 7:18-19 Jesus did abolish
the law.

MT 5:22 Anyone who calls
another a fool is liable to Hell.

MT 7:26 Jesus says that anyone
who hears his words and does not do them is a fool. (Note: The translation now prevalent,
"like a foolish man," in MT
7:26 is a dishonest attempt to alleviate the obvious inconsistency here in that the
oldest Greek manuscripts use the same Greek word translated "fool" in MT 5:22 and "like a foolish
man" in MT 7:26.)


MT 23:17-19 Jesus twice calls the
Pharisees blind fools.

MT 25:2, 3, 8 Jesus likens the maidens
who took no oil to fools. (Note: Again, this is the same Greek word translated
"fool" in MT 5:22
and MT 23:17-19.)


1CO 1:23, 3:18, 4:10 Paul uses fool with
regard to Christians becoming fools for Christ. (Note: Again, this is the same Greek word
translated "fool" in MT
5:22 and MT 23:17-19.)

MT 5:22 Anger by itself is
a sin.

EP 4:26 Anger is not
necessarily a sin.

MT 5:22 Anger by itself is
a sin.

MT 11:22-24, LK 10:13-15 Jesus curses the
inhabitants of several cities who are not sufficiently impressed with his mighty works.


MT 21:19, MK 11:12-14 Jesus curses a fig
tree when it fails to bear fruit out of season.

MK 3:5 Jesus looks around
"angrily."

MT 5:32 Divorce, except on
the grounds of unchastity, is wrong.


MK 10:11-12 Divorce on any
grounds is wrong.

MT 5:39, MT 5:44 Jesus says: "Do not
resist evil. Love your enemies."

MT 6:15, 12:34, 16:3, 22:18, 23:13-15, 17, 19, 27, 29, 33, MK 7:6, LK 11:40, 44, 12:56 Jesus repeatedly hurls
epithets at his opponents.

MT 5:39, MT 5:44 Do not resist evil. Love
your enemies.

LK 19:27 God is likened to one
who destroys his enemies.

MT 5:39, MT 5:44 Do not resist evil. Love
your enemies.


JN 1:9-11 Shun anyone who does
not hold the proper doctrine.

MT 5:43-44, MT 22:39 Love your enemies. Love
your neighbor as yourself.

MT 10:5 Go nowhere among the
Gentiles nor enter a Samaritan town.

MT 5:45, 7:21 God resides in heaven.

MK 13:32 The angels reside in
heaven

AC 7:55, HE 12:2 Jesus is at the right
hand of God, in heaven.


1PE 1:3-4 Believers will
inherit eternal life in heaven.

MT 24:35, MK 13:31, LK 21:33 Heaven will pass away.

MT 6:13 God might lead us
into temptation and it is better avoided.


JA 1:2-3 Temptation is joy.

MT 6:13 Jesus' prayer
implies that God might lead us into temptation.

JA 1:13 God tempts no one.

MT 6:25-34, LK 12:22-31 Take no thought for
tomorrow. God will take care of you.


TI 5:8 A man who does not
provide for his family is worse than an infidel. (Note: Providing for a family certainly
involves taking "thought for tomorrow.")

MT 7:1-2 Do not judge.

MT 7:15-20 Instructions for
judging a false prophet.

MT 7:7-8, LK 11:9-10 Ask and it will be
given. Seek and you will find.

LK 13:24 Many will try to enter
the Kingdom but will be unable.

MT 7:21 Not everyone who
calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.


AC 2:21, RO 10:13 Whoever calls on the
name of the Lord will be saved.

AC 2:39 Those God calls to
himself will be saved.

MT 7:21, LK 10:36-37, RO 2:6, 13, JA 2:24 We are justified by works,
not by faith.


JN 3:16, RO 3:20-26, EP 2:8-9, GA 2:16 We are justified by
faith, not by works.

MT 8:5-12 The centurion
himself approaches Jesus to ask to heal his servant.

LK 7:2-10 The centurion sends
elders to do the asking.

MT 8:16, LK 4:40 Jesus healed all that were
sick.

MK 1:32-34 Jesus healed many
(but not all).

MT 8:28-33 Two demoniacs
are healed in the Gadarene swine incident.


MK 5:2-16, LK 8:26-36 One demoniac is healed
in this incident.

MT 9:18 The ruler's
daughter was already dead when Jesus raised her.

LK 8:42 She was dying, but not
dead.

MT 10:1-8 Jesus gives his
disciples the power to exorcise and heal...

MT 17:14-16 (Yet) the
disciples are unable to do so.

MT 10:2, MK 3:16-19 The twelve apostles
(disciples) were: Simon (Peter), Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedee, John his
brother, Philip, Bartholemew, Thomas, Matthew the tax collector, James the son of
Alphaeus, Thaddaeus (Labbaeus), Simon, and Judas Iscariot.


LK 6:13-16 The above except
that Thaddaeus (Labbaeus) is excluded, and Judas the son of James is added (and Judas
Iscariot remains).

AC 1:13, 26 Same as MT and MK except that, like LK Thaddaeus (Labbaeus) is excluded,
Judas the son of James is included, and Mathias is chosen by the others to replace Judas
Iscariot.

MT 10:2, 5-6 Peter was to be an apostle
to the Jews and not go near the Gentiles.

AC 15:7 He was an apostle to the
Gentiles.

MT 10:10 Do not take
sandals (shoes) or staves.

MK 6:8-9 Take sandals (shoes)
and staves.

MT 10:34, LK 12:49-53 Jesus has come to
bring a sword, fire, and division--not peace.

JN 16:33 Jesus says: "In me
you have peace."

MT 10:22, 24:13, MK 13:13 He that endures to the end
will be saved.


MK 16:16 He that believes and is
baptized will be saved.

JN 3:5 Only he that is born of
water and Spirit will be saved.

AC 16:31 He that believes on the
Lord Jesus will be saved.

AC 2:21 He that calls upon the
name of the Lord will be saved.


RO 10:9 He who confesses with
his mouth "Jesus is Lord" and believes in his heart that God raised him from the
dead will be saved.

1JN 4:7 He who loves is born of
God (and presumably will be saved.)

MT 10:28, LK 12:4 Jesus says not to fear men.
(Fear God only.)


MT 12:15-16, JN 7:1-10, 8:59, 10:39, 11:53-54 Jesus hid, escaped,
went secretly, etc.

MT 11:7-15, 17:12-13 Jesus says that John
the Baptist was a prophet, and more.


JN 1:21 John himself says that he
is not a prophet, nor is he Elijah.

MT 11:25, MK 4:11-12 Jesus thanks God for
hiding some things from the wise while revealing them to "babes." He says that
he uses parables so that the meaning of some of his teachings will remain hidden to at
least some persons, and specifically so that they will not turn and be forgiven.

MK 4:22 Jesus says that all
things should be made known.

MT 11:29 Jesus says that
he is gentle (meek) and humble (lowly).

JN 2:15 Jesus makes a whip of
cords, drives the money changers from the Temple, overturns their tables, and pours out
their coins. (Note: The presence of the money changers in the outer court of the Temple
had been authorized by the Temple authorities and was, in fact, a necessity since the Jews
would not accept Roman coin for the purchase of sacrifices.)

MT 12:5 Jesus says that the
law (OT) states that the priests profane the Sabbath but are blameless. (No such statement
is found in the OT.

MT 12:30 Jesus says that
those who are not with him are against him.


MK 9:40 Jesus says that those who
are not against him are for him.

(Note: This puts those who are indifferent or undecided in the "for him"
category in the first instance and in the "against him" category in the second
instance.)

MT 12:39, MK 8:12, LK 11:29 Jesus says that he will
give no "sign."


JN 3:2, 20:30, AC 2:22 Jesus proceeds to give many
such "signs."

MT 13:34, MK 4:34 Jesus addresses the crowds
only in parables, so that they would not fully understand. He explains the meaning only to
his disciples.


JN 1:1 - 21:25 (Throughout the book of John,
unlike the other Gospels, Jesus addresses the crowds in a very straightforward manner. He
does not employ parables.)

MT 13:58, MK 6:5 In spite of his faith, Jesus
is not able to perform mighty miracles.

MT 17:20, 19:26, MK 9:23, 10:27, LK 17:6, 18:27 Jesus says that anything is
possible to him who believes if he has the faith of a grain of mustard seed. All things
are possible with God. A mountain can be commanded to move and it will move.

MT 5:37, 15:19, MK 7:22, JN 8:14, 44, 14:6, 18:37 Jesus says that you should
answer a plain "yes" or "no," that his purpose is to bear witness to
the truth, and that his testimony is true. He equates lying with evil.


JN 7:2-10 Jesus tells his
brothers that he is not going to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Tabernacles, then later
goes secretly by himself. (Note: The words "not yet" were added to some versions
at JN 7:8 in order to alleviate
this problem. The context at JN 7:10
makes the deception clear, however.)

MT 16:6, 11 Beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees and Sadducees.


MK 8:15 Beware of the leaven of
the Pharisees and Herod.

MT 16:18 Jesus founds his
church on Peter and will give him the keys of the kingdom.

MT 16:23 Jesus calls Peter
[a] "Satan" and "a hindrance," and accuses him of being on the side of
men rather than that of God.

MT 16:18 Jesus founds his
church on Peter and will give him the keys of the kingdom.

AC 15:1-21 James presides over
the first Council of Jerusalem and formulates the decree regarding the accepting of
Gentiles which is sent to the other churches. (Note: Tradition has it that James was
appointed as the first Bishop or Pope, not Peter.)

MT 17:1-2 The
Transfiguration occurs six days after Jesus foretells his suffering.

LK 9:28-29 It takes place
about eight days afterwards.

MT 20:20-21 The mother
of James and John asks Jesus a favor for her sons.

MK 10:35-37 They ask for
themselves.

MT 20:23, MK 10:40 Jesus responds that it is
not his to give.


MT 28:18, JN 3:35 All authority has been given
to Jesus.

MT 20:29-34 Jesus heals
two blind men on the way to Jericho.

MK 10:46-52 He heals one
blind man.

MT 21:1-17 The sequence
was: triumphal entry, cleansing of the temple, Bethany.

MK 11:1-19 Triumphal entry,
cleansing of the temple.

LK 19:28-48 Triumphal entry,
cleansing of the temple, daily teaching in the temple.

JN 12:1-18 Cleansing of the
temple (early in his career), Supper with Lazarus, triumphal entry, no cleansing of the
temple following the triumphal entry.

MT 21:2-6, MK 11:2-7, LK 19:30-35 The disciples follow
Jesus instructions and bring him the animal (or animals, in the case of MT).

JN 12:14 Jesus finds the animal
himself.

MT 21:7 Jesus rides two
animals during his triumphal entry.


MK 11:7, LK 19:35, JN 12:14 Only one animal is
involved.

MT 21:12-13 The
cleansing of the temple occurs at the end of Jesus' career.

JN 2:13-16 It occurs near the
beginning of his career.

MT 21:19-20 The fig
tree withers immediately after being cursed by Jesus. The disciples notice and are amazed.

MK 11:13-14, 20-21 The disciples first notice
that the tree has withered the day following.

MT 23:35 Jesus says that
Zacharias (Zechariah) was the son of Barachias (Barachiah).


2CH 24:20 Zacharias was
actually the son of Jehoida, the priest.

(Note: The name Barachias, or Barachiah, does not appear in the O.T.)

MT 24:29-33, MK 13:24-29 The coming of the
kingdom will be accompanied by signs and miracles.

LK 17:20-21 It will not be
accompanied by signs and miracles. It is already within.

MT 25:34 Heaven was
prepared before the Ascension of Jesus.

JN 14:2-3 It was prepared after
the Ascension of Jesus.

MT 26:6-13, MK 14:3 The anointing of Jeus takes
place in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper.


LK 7:36-38 It takes place at
the house of a Pharisee in Galilee.

MT 26:7, MK 14:3 The oil is poured on Jesus'
head.

LK 7:38, JN 12:3 On his feet.

MT 26:7, MK 14:3, LK 7:37 An unnamed woman does the
anointing.

JN 12:3 It is Mary.

MT 28:6-8 The women ran
from the tomb "with great joy."


JN 20:1-2 Mary told Peter and
the other disciple that the body had been stolen. (Would she feel "great joy" if
she thought the body had been stolen?)

MT 26:8 The disciples
reproach her.

MK 14:4 "Some" reproach
her.


JN 12:4-5 Judas Iscariot
reproaches her.

MT 26:14-25, MK 14:10-11, LK 22:3-23 Judas made his bargain
with the chief priests before the meal.

JN 13:21-30 After the meal.

MT 26:20-29, MK 14:17-28, JN 13:21-30 Jesus forecasts his
betrayal prior to the communion portion of the supper.

LK 22:14-23 After the
communion portion.

MT 26:26-29, MK 14:22-25 The order of the
communion was: bread, then wine.


LK 22:17-20 It was: wine,
then bread.

MT 26:34, LK 22:34, JN 13:38 Peter was to deny Jesus
before the cock crowed.

MK 14:30 Before the cock crowed
twice.


MK 14:66-72 The cock crows
after both the first and second denials.

(Note: These discrepancies have been "translated out" in some Bible versions.)

MT 26:40-45, MK 14:37-41 The disciples fall
asleep three times.


LK 22:45 One time.

MT 26:49-50, MK 14:44-46 Jesus is betrayed by
Judas with a kiss, then seized.

LK 22:47-48 Jesus anticipates
Judas' kiss. No actual kiss is mentioned.


JN 18:2-9 Jesus voluntarily
steps forward to identify himself making it completely unnecessary for Judas to point him
out. No kiss is mentioned.

MT 26:51, MK 14:47, JN 18:10 The ear of a slave is cut
off and left that way.

LK 22:50-51 The severed ear
is miraculously healed by Jesus.

MT 26:52 Dispose of
swords. All who take the sword will perish by it.

LK 22:36-38 Buy swords.

MT 26:57, MK 14:53, LK 22:54 After his arrest Jesus is