Contradictions and Paradoxes in Hosea 4:10

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Hosea 4:10 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Hosea 4:10. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Hosea, God is saying that people will eat but still feel hungry and do bad things, but nothing good will happen for them because they have stopped listening to Him. It's like when you don't follow important rules and things keep going wrong.

Hosea 4:10: For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.

Contradiction with Proverbs 10:3

This verse states that the Lord will not allow the righteous to go hungry, whereas Hosea 4:10 suggests continuous hunger.

Proverbs 10:3: The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. [the substance...: or, the wicked for their wickedness]

Contradiction with Matthew 5:6

This verse promises that those who hunger and thirst for righteousness will be filled, contradicting the endless dissatisfaction mentioned in Hosea 4:10.

Matthew 5:6: Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

Contradiction with Psalm 34:10

This verse states that those who seek the Lord will lack no good thing, while Hosea 4:10 speaks of lacking despite their pursuits.

Psalm 34:10: The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good [thing].

Contradiction with Philippians 4:19

Philippians promises that God will supply all needs, in contrast to Hosea 4:10's theme of ongoing want.

Philippians 4:19: But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Contradiction with John 6:35

Jesus declares that coming to Him will mean never hungering, which contradicts the perpetual hunger described in Hosea 4:10.

John 6:35: And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
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