Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 5:12

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 5:12 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 5:12. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, this verse teaches us that sometimes we don't like being told what to do or being corrected when we make mistakes. It reminds us to listen and learn from advice so we can grow and become better.

Proverbs 5:12: And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

Contradiction with Proverbs 1:8

This verse advises listening to the instruction of your father and the law of your mother, which contradicts the regret expressed in Proverbs 5:12 about hating instruction.

Proverbs 1:8: My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

Contradiction with Proverbs 4:1

Encourages hearing and receiving instruction from a father, contrasting the lamentation of ignoring instruction in Proverbs 5:12.

Proverbs 4:1: Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding.

Contradiction with Proverbs 13:1

A wise son hears his father's instruction, which is opposite to the sentiment of despising instruction in Proverbs 5:12.

Proverbs 13:1: A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

Contradiction with Proverbs 19:20

Advises to hear counsel and receive instruction to be wise, contrary to the regret of rejecting instruction in Proverbs 5:12.

Proverbs 19:20: Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

Contradiction with Proverbs 23:22

Instructs to listen to the father who begot you, conflicting with the disdain for instruction expressed in Proverbs 5:12.

Proverbs 23:22: Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
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