Contradiction with Proverbs 13:23
Contradicts the idea that righteousness will always lead to receiving good fruit, suggesting that much food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but it is swept away through injustice.
Proverbs 13:23: Much food [is in] the tillage of the poor: but there is [that is] destroyed for want of judgment.
Contradiction with Isaiah 55:7
Suggests that mercy and pardon from the Lord are achieved through seeking and returning to Him, unlike Hosea 10:12, which ties it to sowing in righteousness.
Isaiah 55:7: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. [the unrighteous...: Heb. the man of iniquity] [abundantly...: Heb. multiply to pardon]
Contradiction with Luke 6:38
Promises that giving will cause returns to be given unto you in good measure, contrasting Hosea’s focus on sowing righteousness to reap mercy.
Luke 6:38: Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Contradiction with Matthew 5:45
States that God makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust, contrasting with Hosea's emphasis on sowing righteousness to reap mercy.
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 9:11
Suggests that time and chance happen to everyone, contrasting the cause-and-effect relationship between sowing righteousness and reaping mercy in Hosea 10:12.
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.