Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 6:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 6:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 6:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, it means that if you promise to pay for something if your friend can't, you should be very careful. It's like shaking hands on a deal with someone you don't know well, and it can be risky.

Proverbs 6:1: My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, [if] thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,

Contradiction with Luke 6:30

This verse encourages giving to those who ask, contrasting the caution against surety for someone else found in Proverbs 6:1.

Luke 6:30: Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask [them] not again.

Contradiction with Matthew 5:42

Here, the advice is to give to those who ask and not refuse borrowers, which contradicts the warning in Proverbs 6:1 against entangling oneself in others' debts.

Matthew 5:42: Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.

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