Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 4:8
This verse describes the vanity of toiling alone without an heir, suggesting that having no children is better than having them for the wrong reasons.
Ecclesiastes 4:8: There is one [alone], and [there is] not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet [is there] no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither [saith he], For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This [is] also vanity, yea, it [is] a sore travail.
Contradiction with Job 3:3
Job curses the day of his birth, expressing anguish and sorrow, which contrasts with the blessing of having many children.
Job 3:3: Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night [in which] it was said, There is a man child conceived.
Contradiction with Luke 14:26
This verse suggests that discipleship may require sacrifice, including familial ties, contrasting with the idea that having many children is always a blessing.
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 Matthew 10:37
This verse emphasizes prioritizing love for Jesus over familial love, which may contradict the notion of happiness through numerous offspring.
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 Jeremiah 16:2
God's instruction to Jeremiah to not marry or have children in a troubled time may contradict the generalized blessing of having many children in Psalm 127:5.
Jeremiah 16:2: Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place.