Contradiction with Job 21:7
Contrary to Matthew 10:41 which emphasizes reward for righteousness, this verse questions why the wicked live and become old, gaining power and success without righteousness.
Job 21:7: Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 7:15
This verse contrasts with Matthew 10:41 by observing the righteous perishing in their righteousness and the wicked prolonging their life in wickedness, challenging the idea of reward for righteousness.
Ecclesiastes 7:15: All [things] have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just [man] that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked [man] that prolongeth [his life] in his wickedness.
Contradiction with Psalm 73:3
While Matthew 10:41 speaks on rewards for receiving prophets, this verse presents envy over the prosperity of the wicked, implying injustice in the distribution of earthly rewards.
Psalm 73:3: For I was envious at the foolish, [when] I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Contradiction with Jeremiah 12:1
Contradicting the rewards spoken of in Matthew 10:41, this verse questions why the way of the wicked prospers while all the treacherous are happy, challenging divine justice on earth.
Jeremiah 12:1: Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of [thy] judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they happy that deal very treacherously? [talk...: or, reason the case with thee]
Contradiction with Malachi 3:15
In opposition to Matthew 10:41, this verse states that evildoers prosper and those who challenge God escape, suggesting a contradiction in reward for righteousness.
Malachi 3:15: And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, [they that] tempt God are even delivered. [are set up: Heb. are built]
Contradiction with Psalm 37:35
This verse denotes the prosperity of the wicked, which contrasts with Matthew 10:41's promise of reward for those who are righteous and supportive of prophets.
Psalm 37:35: I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. [a green...: or, a green tree that groweth in his own soil]
Paradox #1
This verse could be seen as conflicting because it suggests receiving a reward for welcoming certain people, which might seem at odds with the idea of selfless love and doing good without expecting anything in return.