Contradictions and Paradoxes in Proverbs 9:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Proverbs 9:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Proverbs 9:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to King Solomon, this verse means that wisdom is like a woman who has prepared a big, special meal and is inviting everyone to come and enjoy it. It's a way of saying that learning and doing the right things are like a yummy feast that helps us grow.

Proverbs 9:2: She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. [her beasts: Heb. her killing]

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 8:8

This verse discusses how food does not bring us closer to God, which contrasts Proverbs 9:2 that portrays preparing food as a sacred act of wisdom.

1 Corinthians 8:8: But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. [are we the better: or, have we the more] [are we the worse: or, have we the less]

Contradiction with Romans 14:17

This verse states that the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, contrasting the focus on a meal in Proverbs 9:2.

Romans 14:17: For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

This verse questions the value of offerings and sacrificial feasts, which contradicts the feast preparation in Proverbs 9:2.

Isaiah 1:11: To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. [he goats: Heb. great he goats]

Contradiction with Colossians 2:16

This verse advises against judging in matters of eating and drinking, contrary to the celebratory preparation in Proverbs 9:2.

Colossians 2:16: Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath [days]: [in meat...: or, for eating and drinking] [respect: or, part]

Contradiction with 1 Timothy 4:3

This verse warns against abstaining from foods, while Proverbs 9:2 emphasizes the preparation of a meal.

1 Timothy 4:3: Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
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