Contradictions and Paradoxes in Joel 1:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Joel 1:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Joel 1:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the prophet Joel, God wants people to tell their kids about important things He has done so that they can tell their kids too, and it keeps going. This way, everyone will always remember what God has done, even a long time from now.

Joel 1:3: Tell ye your children of it, and [let] your children [tell] their children, and their children another generation.

Contradiction with Proverbs 30:6

This verse warns not to add to God's words, suggesting sharing only what God has commanded, whereas Joel 1:3 encourages recounting past events.

Proverbs 30:6: Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 12:12

Advises that much book learning is wearisome, which contradicts the proactive transmission of knowledge advocated in Joel 1:3.

Ecclesiastes 12:12: And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books [there is] no end; and much study [is] a weariness of the flesh. [study: or, reading]

Contradiction with Isaiah 43:18

Encourages forgetting the former things, while Joel 1:3 emphasizes recounting past events to descendants.

Isaiah 43:18: Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:34

Advises not to worry about tomorrow and to focus on present concerns, contrasting with the forward-looking narrative sharing in Joel 1:3.

Matthew 6:34: Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil thereof.

Contradiction with Philippians 3:13

Suggests forgetting what is behind, in contrast to Joel 1:3 which focuses on recalling and sharing what has happened.

Philippians 3:13: Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
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