Contradiction with Psalms 115:4-8
These verses suggest that the idols of the heathen are powerless and cannot interact with the world, contrasting with Deuteronomy 29:16 that acknowledges their existence among people.
Psalms 115:4-8: Their idols [are] silver and gold, the work of men's hands.
Contradiction with Isaiah 44:9-10
These verses ridicule idol makers and the idols themselves, implying futility, which contradicts the recognition in Deuteronomy 29:16 of idols as part of the people's experience.
Isaiah 44:9-10: They that make a graven image [are] all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they [are] their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. [delectable: Heb. desirable]
Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 8:4
This verse states that an idol is nothing in the world, contradicting the acknowledgment of idols among the people in Deuteronomy 29:16.
1 Corinthians 8:4: As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol [is] nothing in the world, and that [there is] none other God but one.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 10:5
This verse describes idols as inert and useless, which contradicts the notion of fearing them as implied by the acknowledgment in Deuteronomy 29:16.
Jeremiah 10:5: They [are] upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also [is it] in them to do good.
Contradiction with Habakkuk 2:18
This verse questions the value and power of idols crafted by humans, which contradicts the sense of their troubling presence suggested in Deuteronomy 29:16.
Habakkuk 2:18: What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? [maker of...: Heb. fashioner of his fashion]