Contradictions and Paradoxes in 1 Chronicles 29:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 1 Chronicles 29:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 1 Chronicles 29:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of the book of 1 Chronicles, King David gave a lot of gold and silver, which were very precious, to make the walls of God’s temple beautiful and special. This shows how much David loved God and wanted to give his very best to help build a wonderful place for worship.

1 Chronicles 29:4: [Even] three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses [withal]:

Contradiction with Matthew 19:21

Jesus advises to sell possessions and give to the poor, unlike acquiring materials for construction as described in 1 Chronicles 29:4.

Matthew 19:21: Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go [and] sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come [and] follow me.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:19

Advises against laying up treasures on earth, in contrast to the storing of wealth for temple building in 1 Chronicles 29:4.

Matthew 6:19: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Contradiction with Luke 12:33

Encourages selling possessions and giving alms, opposing the accumulation of wealth in 1 Chronicles 29:4.

Luke 12:33: Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

Contradiction with James 5:3

Warns against hoarding wealth, differing from the collection for the temple in 1 Chronicles 29:4.

James 5:3: Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

Contradiction with Mark 10:21

Urges selling possessions for spiritual kingdom, differing from gathering wealth for a physical temple as in 1 Chronicles 29:4.

Mark 10:21: Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.

Contradiction with 1 Timothy 6:17-19

Advises against trusting in uncertain riches, contradicting the storing of wealth for the temple in 1 Chronicles 29:4.

1 Timothy 6:17-19: Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; [uncertain...: Gr. uncertainty of riches]
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