Contradiction with Job 21:7
While Deuteronomy 28:2 promises blessings to the obedient, Job questions why the wicked live and prosper.
Job 21:7: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:15
This verse observes that righteous people may perish despite their righteousness, contrasting with the promised blessings for obedience in Deuteronomy 28:2.
Ecclesiastes 7:15: All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.
Contradiction with Psalm 73:3
This verse acknowledges the prosperity of the wicked, contrasting with Deuteronomy 28:2, which suggests that blessings follow righteousness and obedience.
Psalm 73:3: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1
Jeremiah questions why the wicked prosper, which contradicts the promise that blessings overtake the obedient as per Deuteronomy 28:2.
Jeremiah 12:1: Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously? [talk...: or, reason the case with thee]
Contradiction with Malachi 3:15
In Malachi, the arrogant and wicked are seen as blessed, which contradicts Deuteronomy 28:2's promise of blessings for the obedient.
Malachi 3:15: And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered. [are set up: Heb. are built]
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14
This verse notes the occurrence of righteous people getting what the wicked deserve, contradicting the notion in Deuteronomy 28:2 of blessings for the obedient.
Ecclesiastes 8:14: There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just [men], unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked [men], to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also [is] vanity.
Paradox #1
Some people might see a contradiction between the idea of being rewarded or blessed for obeying rules, as in the verse, and the belief that goodness should be its own reward, not done for personal gain. This could be seen as a conflict between acting morally out of genuine goodness versus expecting rewards.