Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 5:7
While Proverbs 4:25 advises focusing your eyes straight ahead, 2 Corinthians 5:7 emphasizes walking by faith, not by sight, suggesting an approach not reliant on direct observation.
2 Corinthians 5:7: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
Contradiction with Matthew 6:22-23
Proverbs 4:25 promotes focused vision, whereas Matthew 6:22-23 warns that if the eyes are not healthy, the whole body will be full of darkness, introducing the notion that seeing requires inner light.
Matthew 6:22-23: The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
Contradiction with 1 Samuel 16:7
Proverbs 4:25 advises literal forward focus, but 1 Samuel 16:7 points out that God looks at the heart, not appearance, challenging the idea that external focus is most important.
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 Hebrews 12:2
Proverbs 4:25 instructs focusing ahead, while Hebrews 12:2 directs believers to fix their eyes on Jesus, which represents a symbolic vision rather than literal sight.
Hebrews 12:2: Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. [author: or, beginner]