Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 11:17

Proverbs 11:17 contradicts following 5 verses in the Bible. Check out Contradictions and Paradoxes of Proverbs 11:17 for quick understanding.

Proverbs 11:17: The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but [he that is] cruel troubleth his own flesh.
# Contradicting Verse Translation
1. Deuteronomy 19:21 And thine eye shall not pity; [but] life [shall go] for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
2. Joshua 6:21 And they utterly destroyed all that [was] in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.
3. 2 Samuel 9:3 And the king said, [Is] there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may shew the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, [which is] lame on [his] feet.
4. Jonah 4:10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: [had pity: or, spared] [came...: Heb. was the son of the night]
5. Matthew 10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
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