Contradiction with Job 30:25
This verse speaks of Job's suffering and lack of nourishment, which contrasts with the nurturing care described in Ephesians 5:29.
Job 30:25: Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was [not] my soul grieved for the poor? [in trouble: Heb. hard of day?]
Contradiction with Isaiah 49:15
This verse discusses a mother's compassion and potential for forgetting her child, contradicting the inherent nurturing expressed in Ephesians 5:29.
Isaiah 49:15: Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. [that...: Heb. from having compassion]
Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:8
Here, God's turning against His heritage contradicts the consistent nourishing and cherishing described in Ephesians 5:29.
Jeremiah 12:8: Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. [crieth...: or, yelleth: Heb. giveth out his voice]
Contradiction with Psalm 22:1
This verse speaks to feelings of abandonment, which contradict the nurturing and cherishing actions outlined in Ephesians 5:29.
Psalm 22:1: [To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.] My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring? [Aijeleth...: or, the hind of the morning] [helping...: Heb. my salvation]