Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 28:42

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 28:42 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 28:42. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, this verse means that if people do not listen to God, He might send bugs to eat all their trees and fruit. It's a way to show that it's important to follow God's rules to take care of the land.

Deuteronomy 28:42: All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. [consume: or, possess]

Contradiction with Genesis 1:28

This verse talks about God's blessing to be fruitful and have dominion over every living thing, while Deuteronomy 28:42 discusses a curse where locusts consume the produce of the land.

Genesis 1:28: And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. [moveth: Heb. creepeth]

Contradiction with Psalm 1:3

This verse describes a blessed man whose leaf shall not wither and who prospers, contrasting the destruction of crops by locusts mentioned in Deuteronomy 28:42.

Psalm 1:3: And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. [wither: Heb. fade]

Contradiction with Malachi 3:10-11

These verses promise that if one brings tithes into the storehouse, God will prevent pests from destroying crops, contrary to the promise of locusts consuming the fields in Deuteronomy 28:42.

Malachi 3:10-11: Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that [there shall] not [be room] enough [to receive it]. [pour...: Heb. empty out]

Contradiction with Joel 2:25

This verse speaks about God restoring the years consumed by locusts, which contrasts with the irreversible destruction mentioned in Deuteronomy 28:42.

Joel 2:25: And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:26

Here, Jesus explains that God provides for the birds, implying divine provision and care, contrary to the neglect suggested by the locusts consuming the crops in Deuteronomy 28:42.

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?
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