Contradiction with Isaiah 1:18
While Lamentations 4:7 describes the Nazarites as pure and white, Isaiah 1:18 refers to sins being as scarlet, contradicting purity with sinfulness.
Isaiah 1:18: Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.
Contradiction with 1 Samuel 16:7
Lamentations 4:7 emphasizes outward appearance and pureness, whereas 1 Samuel 16:7 indicates that God values the heart over outward appearance.
1 Samuel 16:7: But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. [outward...: Heb. eyes]
Contradiction with 1 Peter 3:3-4
Lamentations 4:7 focuses on physical beauty, while 1 Peter 3:3-4 advises against focusing on outward adornment, instead valuing inner beauty.
1 Peter 3:3-4: Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
Contradiction with Proverbs 31:30
Lamentations 4:7 equates beauty with goodness, but Proverbs 31:30 warns that beauty is deceitful, and favor is vain without the fear of the Lord.
Proverbs 31:30: Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Contradiction with Matthew 23:27
While Lamentations 4:7 portrays outward purity, Matthew 23:27 criticizes those who appear beautiful outwardly but are corrupt inside.
Matthew 23:27: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead [men's] bones, and of all uncleanness.