Contradiction with Proverbs 16:9
While Genesis 39:3 suggests the Lord made all that Joseph did prosper, Proverbs 16:9 states that a man's heart devises his way, but it's the Lord who directs his steps, implying that human planning doesn't always lead to success.
Proverbs 16:9: A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 9:11
Contradicts the idea of prosperity through divine favor, stating that time and chance happen to all, including those who are swift or wise.
Ecclesiastes 9:11: I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race [is] not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:5
Warns against trusting in man or flesh, which contradicts the passage showing Joseph succeeded notably due to divine favor.
Jeremiah 17:5: Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Contradiction with Job 21:7-9
Describes the prosperity of the wicked, conflicting with Genesis 39:3's implicit suggestion that prosperity is linked to divine favor on the righteous.
Job 21:7-9: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Contradiction with Psalm 73:3
Observes the prosperity of the wicked, contrasting with the prosperity through divine favor seen in Joseph's life.
Psalm 73:3: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Contradiction with Matthew 5:45
States that God makes the sun rise on the evil and the good, challenging the direct correlation between righteousness and prosperity.
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 1 Corinthians 3:7
Declares that it is neither the planter nor the waterer who is anything, but God who gives the increase, suggesting a less direct connection between individual actions and prosperity.
1 Corinthians 3:7: So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.