Contradiction with Exodus 3:14
Hosea 12:5 refers to God speaking by the prophets, while Exodus 3:14 emphasizes God's self-revelation directly to Moses, highlighting a more direct form of communication rather than through intermediaries.
Exodus 3:14: And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
Contradiction with Malachi 3:6
Hosea 12:5 portrays God as interacting and communicating through prophets, while Malachi 3:6 speaks to God's unchanging nature, which can seem in contrast to the dynamic relationship implied by prophetic communication.
Malachi 3:6: For I [am] the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Contradiction with Acts 17:24
Hosea 12:5 emphasizes God's communication through prophets, while Acts 17:24 stresses God's transcendence and independence from human structures, potentially contradicting the need for prophetic mediation.
Acts 17:24: God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;
Contradiction with Hebrews 1:1
Hosea 12:5 speaks of God speaking through prophets, while Hebrews 1:1 points out that God's ultimate communication is through His Son, which shifts the focus from the prophets to Christ.
Hebrews 1:1: God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
Contradiction with John 1:18
Hosea 12:5 highlights prophetic communication as a means to know God, while John 1:18 asserts that no one has seen God except through the revelation of Jesus Christ, suggesting a different source of divine understanding.
John 1:18: No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].