Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 7:3

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 7:3 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 7:3. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to the author of Proverbs, this means to keep important rules and lessons close to you, just like you would keep something special in your heart or tied to your fingers. It’s a way to help you remember to be good and make wise choices every day.

Proverbs 7:3: Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.

Contradiction with Hebrews 10:16

While Proverbs 7:3 emphasizes writing commandments upon the heart, Hebrews 10:16 speaks of God writing his laws directly on hearts and minds, suggesting a divine rather than human effort.

Hebrews 10:16: This [is] the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;

Contradiction with 2 Corinthians 3:3

Proverbs 7:3 suggests an individual effort in writing words upon one's heart, whereas 2 Corinthians 3:3 explains that believers are an epistle of Christ written by the Spirit, indicating a divine initiative.

2 Corinthians 3:3: [Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 31:33

Proverbs argues for individual action to inscribe commandments; Jeremiah instead points to God's action in writing the law on hearts.

Jeremiah 31:33: But this [shall be] the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
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