Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 4:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 4:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 4:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, if you grab onto good teachings and hold tight, they will help you live a good and happy life. Just like you hold onto a favorite toy, keep these teachings close because they make life better.

Proverbs 4:13: Take fast hold of instruction; let [her] not go: keep her; for she [is] thy life.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:34

Proverbs 4:13 advises to keep hold of instruction, while Matthew 6:34 suggests not worrying about the future, which could imply not holding onto instructions for future guidance.

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 Ecclesiastes 8:15

Proverbs 4:13 emphasizes adhering to instruction, whereas Ecclesiastes 8:15 advocates for enjoying life, possibly downplaying strict adherence to instruction.

Ecclesiastes 8:15: Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.

Contradiction with Matthew 10:19

Proverbs 4:13 stresses holding to instruction, while Matthew 10:19 indicates that one should not prepare or hold onto specific instructions when facing persecution.

Matthew 10:19: But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
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