Contradictions and Paradoxes in 2 Kings 4:39

Check out Contradictions Catalog of 2 Kings 4:39 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts 2 Kings 4:39. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of 2 Kings, someone went out to pick plants to cook, but they didn't know the plants they found were bad and put them in the stew. This teaches us to be careful about what we use and to seek guidance when we aren't sure.

2 Kings 4:39: And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred [them] into the pot of pottage: for they knew [them] not.

Contradiction with Genesis 1:29

2 Kings 4:39 describes death in the pot because of the wild gourds, while this verse suggests all plants are given for food, implying safety in eating plants.

Genesis 1:29: And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which [is] upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which [is] the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. [bearing...: Heb. seeding seed] [yielding...: Heb. seeding seed]

Contradiction with Mark 16:18

2 Kings 4:39 describes harm from wild gourds, yet this verse promises no harm even if eating harmful things.

Mark 16:18: They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.

Contradiction with Romans 14:14

2 Kings 4:39 depicts a harmful plant, while this verse states that nothing is unclean in itself, suggesting such plants shouldn't be harmful by nature.

Romans 14:14: I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean. [unclean: Gr. common]

Contradiction with 1 Timothy 4:4

2 Kings 4:39 shows harmful wild gourds in the stew, while this verse states everything created by God is good and should not cause harm if received with thanksgiving.

1 Timothy 4:4: For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
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