Contradiction with Matthew 5:42
Judges 8:25 describes people willingly giving earrings, while Matthew 5:42 advises to give to others who ask, highlighting a contrast in giving voluntarily versus on request.
Matthew 5:42: Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Contradiction with Luke 6:30
In Judges 8:25, individuals voluntarily offer to give, whereas Luke 6:30 suggests giving to those who ask, emphasizing different motivations of giving.
Luke 6:30: Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask [them] not again.
Contradiction with Proverbs 11:24
Judges 8:25 shows giving valuables (earrings), while Proverbs 11:24 discusses the paradox of giving and yet increasing, potentially contradicting motivations or outcomes of giving.
Proverbs 11:24: There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and [there is] that withholdeth more than is meet, but [it tendeth] to poverty.
Contradiction with Acts 20:35
Contrasts with Judges 8:25, where the act of giving is consented to by the people rather than done selflessly, as commended in Acts 20:35, which says it is more blessed to give than to receive.
Acts 20:35: I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.