Contradictions and Paradoxes in Deuteronomy 29:9

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Deuteronomy 29:9 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Deuteronomy 29:9. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, if you listen to God and do what He asks, everything you do will go well and you will be successful. He is saying that following God's rules will help you have a good life.

Deuteronomy 29:9: Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14

This verse speaks of righteous people who don't receive what they deserve, contrasting with Deuteronomy 29:9 which suggests prosperity comes from keeping the covenant.

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.

Contradiction with Job 21:7

This verse questions why the wicked live and prosper, contradicting Deuteronomy 29:9's implication that prosperity comes from obedience.

Job 21:7: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?

Contradiction with Psalm 73:3

The psalmist expresses envy of the prosperity of the wicked, which contradicts the premise of Deuteronomy 29:9 that prosperity comes from following God's covenant.

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 challenges Deuteronomy 29:9's link between covenant obedience and prosperity.

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

This verse questions why evildoers prosper, contrasting with the view in Deuteronomy 29:9 that prosperity results from covenant observance.

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]
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