Contradiction with Matthew 6:30
Contradicts by suggesting the same message, highlighting a supposed redundancy rather than direct contradiction.
Matthew 6:30: Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, [shall he] not much more [clothe] you, O ye of little faith?
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 2:18-19
Contradicts by expressing futility in trust and labor, contrasting with the call to faith.
Ecclesiastes 2:18-19: Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. [taken: Heb. laboured]
Contradiction with Isaiah 40:6-8
Contradicts by emphasizing the transient nature of flesh and grass, questioning lasting substance, unlike the urging for faith in God’s provision.
Isaiah 40:6-8: The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh [is] grass, and all the goodliness thereof [is] as the flower of the field: