Contradictions and Paradoxes in Haggai 2:16

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Haggai 2:16 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Haggai 2:16. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Haggai, when people hoped for a big pile of grain or lots of wine, they got much less than they wanted because they had not been putting God first. This was a way of showing them that they needed to pay more attention to their relationship with God to get blessings.

Haggai 2:16: Since those [days] were, when [one] came to an heap of twenty [measures], there were [but] ten: when [one] came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty [vessels] out of the press, there were [but] twenty.

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:9-10

While Haggai 2:16 describes diminished returns, Proverbs 3:9-10 promises abundance if you honor the Lord with your substance.

Proverbs 3:9-10: Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

Contradiction with Matthew 6:33

Haggai 2:16 highlights scarcity despite effort, whereas Matthew 6:33 assures that all needs will be provided if you seek God's kingdom first.

Matthew 6:33: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Contradiction with Malachi 3:10

Haggai 2:16 depicts a lack despite effort, but Malachi 3:10 guarantees overflowing blessings if the storehouse is filled.

Malachi 3:10: Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that [there shall] not [be room] enough [to receive it]. [pour...: Heb. empty out]
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