Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 17:6

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 17:6 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 17:6. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Proverbs, grandchildren make grandparents very happy, like a shiny crown, and children feel proud because of their parents.

Proverbs 17:6: Children's children [are] the crown of old men; and the glory of children [are] their fathers.

Contradiction with Matthew 10:35-36

Jesus states that he has come to set family members against each other, contradicting the harmonious portrayal of family relationships in Proverbs 17:6.

Matthew 10:35-36: For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

Contradiction with Luke 14:26

Jesus teaches that one must 'hate' their family to be his disciple, conflicting with the honoring of generational relationships in Proverbs 17:6.

Luke 14:26: If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

Contradiction with Micah 7:6

Describes family members as betrayers, opposing the esteemed familial bond highlighted in Proverbs 17:6.

Micah 7:6: For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies [are] the men of his own house.

Contradiction with Matthew 12:48-50

Jesus redefines family not by blood, but by doing God's will, which contrasts with the generational pride in Proverbs 17:6.

Matthew 12:48-50: But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
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