Is There Any Verse in the Bible That Denied What Another Verse Confirms?
1) Direct Answer
No. The Bible never denies itself. No true verse cancels what another confirms. If something seems to clash, it’s our misunderstanding—not a fault in the Word.
2) Scriptural Explanation
- “The Scripture cannot be broken” (John 10:35).
- “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God” (2 Timothy 3:16).
- “God is not a man, that He should lie” (Numbers 23:19).
- “God is not the author of confusion” (1 Corinthians 14:33).
- “Precept upon precept; line upon line” (Isaiah 28:10).
- “Rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
- “Thy word is true from the beginning” (Psalm 119:160 KJV).
- “Holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost” (2 Peter 1:21).
3) Simple Clarifying Logic
- One Author does not disagree with Himself. If God breathed it, He won’t speak against Himself.
- Apparent contradictions clear up by context, audience, covenant, and timing.
- Law for Israel’s civil life (“eye for eye,” Exodus 21:24) versus the higher life of the Kingdom in personal conduct (“turn the other cheek,” Matthew 5:39). Not a denial—an elevation.
- Paul says we are saved “by grace… not of works” (Ephesians 2:8–9). James says faith without works is dead (James 2:17, 24). Not a clash: Paul speaks of how we are justified before God; James shows that living faith proves itself by works before men.
- Proverbs 26:4–5: “Answer not a fool…” and “Answer a fool…” Same chapter, back-to-back—two different situations. Wisdom discerns which applies.
- Judas’ death: he hanged himself (Matthew 27:5) and his body fell and burst (Acts 1:18). Put together, not against each other.
- “God repented” of a judgment (1 Samuel 15:11) versus “He is not a man, that He should repent” (1 Samuel 15:29). God’s nature and purpose do not change; His dealings adjust when man changes (see Jeremiah 18:7–10). That is consistency, not contradiction.
4) Reinforcing Statement
You see, the Bible agrees with the Bible. When we take all the Word, in its place and season, “Scripture interprets Scripture,” and every verse stands true.
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Ranked passages from the local William Branham sermon and Church Age Book database. Relevance is relative, not a statement of doctrinal certainty.
Water baptism
59-0329M §42
Now, this same Paul says here, in the book of Galatians---this is why I hang to it---Galatians, the first chapter and the eighth verse. Listen. I'm going to begin at the sixth verse. Speaking to the Galatians. I marvel that you'd be so soon removed from him that called you unto ... grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and ... prevent the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, [that would be priest, pope, preacher, whatever it might be] ......
Do you now believe?
53-1206E §19
In the 5th chapter, and beginning with the 33rd verse. Then I have another place over here in John I wish to read. Now He says: Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness of the truth. But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say unto you, that ye might be saved. He was a bright and shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father has given Me to do, to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of m...
Brass Serpent
53-1121 §30
... If they can, they go from one to another. How many knows that's a Scripture of the Bible? They certainly do. They'll go from one to another, so be reverent. See, there's many times I see it move and see it hang at a place, and even my soul trembles within me. I think, "O God, as certain as the world, the shadow is down there; there it's going to be, right there, again." See? And if you pull it right from one here, it goes right to another one there, or right to another one there, or something like that. It does...
Revelation, Chapter 4b Twenty-Four Elders
61-0101 §88
Now let's get the next verse, anyhow. My, we want to get one more, and we got just about ten, fifteen minutes to do it. Are you too tired? You want to go ahead? All right, let's take the 4th verse: And ^^around ^^about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed ^^with ^^white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. We may not get all the way through that verse, but let's start the 4th verse. Look now, when John saw Him, that emerald color aro...
We would see Jesus
62-0727 §64
Notice. And here He stood doing exactly the Messiahic sign, and just one now and then of the Jews would believe Him. Now there were those there who would not believe Him, and you couldn't say they wasn't good men. No, sir. They were good men. They had to live good. You couldn't say they wasn't honest, and upright, and wouldn't cheat, or steal. No, sir. But them things don't save you. It's not by good works are we saved. If good works would've done it, Christ wouldn't have had to die. You see, it's a birth. You've g...