Contradiction with Exodus 20:15
Genesis 31:33 depicts someone searching for stolen goods, while Exodus 20:15 commands not to steal, implying the expectation of adherence to lawful behavior, contradicting the act of theft being investigated.
Exodus 20:15: Thou shalt not steal.
Contradiction with Proverbs 28:6
Genesis 31:33 involves suspicion of theft, whereas Proverbs 28:6 commends a poor person who walks in integrity over the rich who are corrupt, highlighting a contradiction between suspicion and the virtue of integrity.
Proverbs 28:6: Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.
Contradiction with Ephesians 4:28
In Genesis 31:33, the search for stolen goods indicates theft, contradicting Ephesians 4:28, which instructs people not to steal but to work honestly.
Ephesians 4:28: Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. [to give: or, to distribute]