Contradiction with Deuteronomy 31:16
This verse suggests that the Israelites will turn away from God, contradicting the commitment to the Lord in Deuteronomy 4:4.
Deuteronomy 31:16: And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go [to be] among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. [sleep: Heb. lie down]
Contradiction with Judges 2:12
It speaks of Israelites forsaking the Lord to follow other gods, opposing the adherence implied in Deuteronomy 4:4.
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 1 Kings 11:9-10
These verses describe Solomon turning away from God, inconsistent with the faithfulness described in Deuteronomy 4:4.
1 Kings 11:9-10: And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
Contradiction with Hosea 4:12
The people are described as consulting wooden idols, contradicting their loyalty to God noted in Deuteronomy 4:4.
Hosea 4:12: My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 2:13
This describes the people forsaking God for broken cisterns, opposing the steadfastness in Deuteronomy 4:4.
Jeremiah 2:13: For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, [and] hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Contradiction with Ezekiel 20:21
It speaks of the children of Israel not following God's statutes, contrary to the loyalty in Deuteronomy 4:4.
Ezekiel 20:21: Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which [if] a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.