Contradictions and Paradoxes in Jeremiah 15:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Jeremiah 15:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Jeremiah 15:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the prophet Jeremiah, God is telling the people that they will lose all their belongings and treasures because they have done many wrong things. This is their punishment for not listening to God and doing bad things everywhere they live.

Jeremiah 15:13: Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and [that] for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

Contradiction with Philippians 4:19

While Jeremiah 15:13 speaks of wealth and treasures being given freely as plunder, Philippians 4:19 promises that God will supply all needs according to His riches, implying security rather than loss.

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

Contradiction with Proverbs 10:22

Proverbs emphasizes that the blessing of the Lord, which includes wealth, makes rich and adds no sorrow, contrary to the loss and sorrow implied in Jeremiah 15:13.

Proverbs 10:22: The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

Contradiction with Malachi 3:10

Malachi promises that bringing tithes will lead to overflowing blessings, contrasting with the loss of treasures described in Jeremiah 15:13.

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]

Contradiction with Matthew 6:20

Encourages storing treasures in heaven where they cannot be destroyed, opposing the idea of wealth being given up for plunder as in Jeremiah 15:13.

Matthew 6:20: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
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