Contradiction with 2 Timothy 3:12
While Exodus 23:25 promises blessings for serving God, 2 Timothy 3:12 states that all who live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution, suggesting that serving God can lead to hardship instead of prosperity.
2 Timothy 3:12: Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
Contradiction with Matthew 5:45
Exodus 23:25 implies that serving God ensures prosperity, but Matthew 5:45 says God sends rain on the just and the unjust, indicating that blessings are not solely contingent on serving God.
Matthew 5:45: That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 8:14
This verse notes that righteous people can receive what the wicked deserve, contradicting the correlation between serving God and receiving blessings as suggested in Exodus 23:25.
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
Exodus 23:25 suggests the wicked will not prosper, but this verse questions why the wicked live, become old, and are mighty in power, implying that prosperity is not always tied to serving God.
Job 21:7: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?