Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 23:26

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 23:26 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 23:26. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, this verse means that God wants us to love Him with our whole heart and pay attention to how He shows us the right way to live. It's like when a parent asks a child to trust them and follow their good example.

Proverbs 23:26: My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

Contradiction with Matthew 10:37

This verse prioritizes love for Christ over familial relationships, contradicting Proverbs 23:26's focus on giving one's heart to a parental figure.

Matthew 10:37: He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

Contradiction with Luke 14:26

Here, Jesus emphasizes hating one's own family to be His disciple, which contrasts with Proverbs 23:26's call for a child to give their heart to a parent.

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 Matthew 22:37

Jesus commands to love God with all your heart, suggesting a primary devotion that could contradict the parental focus of Proverbs 23:26.

Matthew 22:37: This is the first and great commandment.

Contradiction with Galatians 1:10

This verse stresses pleasing God over people, which may contradict Proverbs 23:26's emphasis on focusing one's heart on parental guidance.

Galatians 1:10: For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

Contradiction with Psalm 73:26

Emphasizes God as the strength of one's heart, potentially overshadowing the parental relationship in Proverbs 23:26.

Psalm 73:26: My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. [strength: Heb. rock]
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