Contradiction with Matthew 6:26
This verse talks about God's provision for birds who do not sow or gather, implying sustenance without storage, contrasting with the image of barrenness and destruction in Joel 1:17.
Matthew 6:26: Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Contradiction with James 5:7
Encourages patience for fruitful harvests, contradicting the destroyed seeds and desolation described in Joel 1:17.
James 5:7: Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. [Be...: or, Be long patient, or, Suffer with long patience]
Contradiction with Genesis 8:22
Mentions the perpetual cycle of seedtime and harvest, contradicting the interruption of this cycle in Joel 1:17.
Genesis 8:22: While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. [While...: Heb. As yet all the days of the earth]
Contradiction with Psalm 107:37-38
Speaks of sowing fields and yielding fruitful harvests, opposed to the crop failure implied in Joel 1:17.
Psalm 107:37-38: And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 9:10
God provides seed to the sower and bread for food, ensuring abundance rather than the barrenness in Joel 1:17.
2 Corinthians 9:10: Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for [your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 28:12
Promises rain for the land and the ability to lend to others, which contradicts the drought and lack of productivity described in Joel 1:17.
Deuteronomy 28:12: The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
Contradiction with Isaiah 55:10
Likens God's word to rain and snow that brings forth bud and seed, contrasting with the withered seeds and dried granaries in Joel 1:17.
Isaiah 55:10: For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: