Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 28:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 28:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 28:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, God is telling people to always listen to His rules and not start following other gods or copying new, different ways. It's like when a teacher says to stay on the path and not get distracted by things on either side.

Deuteronomy 28:14: And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

Contradiction with Judges 2:12

Describes people turning away from God and facing consequences, unlike Deuteronomy 28:14 which urges against turning aside from God's commands.

Judges 2:12: And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that [were] round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger.

Contradiction with 2 Kings 17:15

People rejected God's statutes, leading to their downfall, contradicting the admonition in Deuteronomy 28:14 to not forsake God's commands.

2 Kings 17:15: And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that [were] round about them, [concerning] whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:4

Talks about a rebellious nation that has forsaken the Lord, opposing the instruction in Deuteronomy 28:14 to stay on God's path.

Isaiah 1:4: Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. [laden: Heb. of heaviness] [gone...: Heb. alienated, or, separated]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 9:13-14

The people follow their own hearts and face destruction, contradicting Deuteronomy 28:14's guidance to not turn from God's ways.

Jeremiah 9:13-14: And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;

Contradiction with Ezekiel 5:6

Jerusalem rebelled against God's judgments, illustrating disobedience, contrary to Deuteronomy 28:14's instruction to adhere to divine commandments.

Ezekiel 5:6: And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that [are] round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.
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