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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God perfecting His Church
54-1204 §91
Is there a backslider here tonight, would say, "Brother, preacher, God knows that I need Christ. I'm coming." Oh, yes. I believe you can backslide. If you're backslid, won't you come too, and take your place here. Say, "God, I want to renew my fellowship with Thee"? God hasn't cast you away. The prodigal son was a backslider, but the father was more than glad to receive him. He's waiting for you tonight. Won't you come tonight? Won't you come while we sing another verse of a song? Is there another verse to that, si...
Wisdom versus Faith
62-0401 §73
Now, if you have eternal life today, you are in God. By God's being in you, you are God's expressed thought. Whew! Then don't listen to any reasonings, lest your crown be taken and give to another. Don't take any reasonings at all. Just believe what God said is the truth and stay with it. Reasonings through wisdom tries to make the Word say something it doesn't say. Now, you say, "Is that true, Brother Branham?" Well, let's just go back to Genesis and find out. Let's go to Genesis the 3rd chapter of Genesis, and we...
The uncertain sound
61-0429E §40
In Matthew, the twenty-fourth chapter and the thirty-fifth verse, Jesus said, "Heavens and earth will pass away but my words shall never fail." Just as certain that God says anything, it's just that certain it's going to come to pass. Before there was a world, before there was ... four thousand years before Christ was ever born, the Bible said He was the Lamb of God slain since the foundation of the world. For when God's program was drawed out and He knowed what was going to happen, in his great mind He knew that H...
Have not I sent thee?
62-0124 §67
" 'Well, now,' I thought, 'it isn't right, so many of these different ones. I'll have to go see what the other one says.' I went over to the Lutherans. They said, 'Oh, no. We are the church.' I found out what a church was, was a body of people that was called out. Well, Lutherans pointed one way, Catholic another, Baptist another, Methodist another, Presbyterian another. I couldn't put no faith in that. Which one is the church? Each one had something sounded all right. "You know what I said, Mother? I went right ba...
The Supernatural
56-0129 §60
A minister told me, said, "I was detailed to do a reconnaissance," and said, "I run up to the top of the hill and they told me, 'Life or death, you have to go anyhow to break up that machine gun nest.'" And said, "It had ceased firing for awhile." He put his arms around me, a German preacher which was a Nazi in the army---not the SS Troupe, now, you soldiers. This was just a German soldier, and he was detailed, and he had to do it, to do this reconnaissance. And when he got up there, said, "I looked over there, Bro...