Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 5:18

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 5:18 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 5:18. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, this verse means that you should be happy and thankful for your marriage and enjoy being with the person you married when you were young. It reminds us to find joy and blessings in our relationships.

Proverbs 5:18: Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 7:1

This verse suggests that it is good for a man not to touch a woman, which contrasts with the rejoicing in one’s wife described in Proverbs 5:18.

1 Corinthians 7:1: Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: [It is] good for a man not to touch a woman.

Contradiction with Matthew 19:12

This verse praises those who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven’s sake, which contradicts the encouragement to rejoice in one’s spouse in Proverbs 5:18.

Matthew 19:12: For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from [their] mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive [it], let him receive [it].

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 7:29

This verse advises that husbands should be as though they have no wives, contrasting with the instruction to rejoice with one’s wife in Proverbs 5:18.

1 Corinthians 7:29: But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

Contradiction with Luke 14:26

This verse indicates that one must hate father and mother, wife and children, to be a disciple, which contradicts the idea of rejoicing with one's wife in Proverbs 5:18.

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.
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