Contradiction with Matthew 6:26
1 Kings 17:5 depicts divine provision through ravens, while Matthew 6:26 emphasizes that God provides directly without intermediaries like birds.
Matthew 6:26: Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Contradiction with 2 Thessalonians 3:10
The verse 1 Kings 17:5 recounts Elijah passively receiving sustenance, but 2 Thessalonians 3:10 teaches that if a man will not work, he shall not eat.
2 Thessalonians 3:10: For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
Contradiction with Exodus 16:35
While 1 Kings 17:5 shows God using ravens to provide sustenance, Exodus 16:35 recounts the Israelites eating manna for forty years, showing a consistent daily miracle rather than through animals.
Exodus 16:35: And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
Contradiction with Psalm 37:25
1 Kings 17:5 shows provision through birds, while Psalm 37:25 declares that the righteous are not forsaken or begging for bread, implying direct provision rather than extraordinary means.
Psalm 37:25: I have been young, and [now] am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
1 Kings 17:5 depicts a prophet relying on miraculous sustenance, while 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12 advises to work with one's own hands for sustenance.
1 Thessalonians 4:11-12: And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;