Contradictions and Paradoxes in Matthew 5:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Matthew 5:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Matthew 5:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Matthew, Jesus is saying that people who are sad will be cared for and find happiness. It's like when you feel upset and someone gives you a big hug to make it better.

Matthew 5:4: Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Contradiction with Proverbs 14:13

This verse suggests that even in laughter, the heart may be sorrowful, contrasting the notion of being comforted in mourning.

Proverbs 14:13: Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth [is] heaviness.

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 1:18

This implies that increased knowledge and wisdom bring more sorrow, conflicting with the promise of comfort for the mournful.

Ecclesiastes 1:18: For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Contradiction with James 4:9

Advises to be afflicted, mourn, and weep, which suggests a state of ongoing sorrow rather than comfort.

James 4:9: Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.

Contradiction with Proverbs 10:1

Speaks to how a foolish son brings grief to his mother, indicating continual sorrow rather than comfort.

Proverbs 10:1: The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son [is] the heaviness of his mother.
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