Contradiction with Exodus 20:12
While Jeremiah 35:8 commends obedience to parental commands, Exodus 20:12 emphasizes honoring one’s parents without explicitly advocating for blind obedience.
Exodus 20:12: Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Contradiction with Matthew 10:37
Jeremiah 35:8 highlights obedience to family instructions, whereas Matthew 10:37 suggests prioritizing love for Jesus over loyalty to family.
Matthew 10:37: He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Contradiction with Luke 14:26
Jeremiah 35:8 depicts the Rechabites' obedience to their ancestor’s commands, while Luke 14:26 stresses the need to "hate" one's family in comparison to the devotion owed to Christ.
Luke 14:26: If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Contradiction with Ezekiel 20:18
In Jeremiah 35:8, the Rechabites follow their forefathers’ traditions, but Ezekiel 20:18 warns against following the statutes of ancestors who act contrary to God's commands.
Ezekiel 20:18: But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:
Contradiction with Colossians 3:20
Jeremiah 35:8 emphasizes obedience to ancestral instructions, while Colossians 3:20 directs children to obey parents specifically in alignment with God's will.
Colossians 3:20: Children, obey [your] parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.