Contradictions and Paradoxes in Song of Solomon 3:2

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Song of Solomon 3:2 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Song of Solomon 3:2. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to many Christian interpreters, this verse is about a person looking for someone they love very much but can’t find them. It shows how strong and important love is, making the person want to search everywhere.

Song of Solomon 3:2: I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

Song of Solomon 3:2 speaks of a search driven by love, while Jeremiah 17:9 suggests the heart is deceitful, casting doubt on the sincerity of such a search.

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Contradiction with Proverbs 3:5

Song of Solomon 3:2 depicts a personal quest, but Proverbs 3:5 encourages trust in the Lord rather than relying on personal understanding.

Proverbs 3:5: Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 7:29

Song of Solomon 3:2 focuses on the pursuit of romantic love, whereas 1 Corinthians 7:29 advises prioritizing spiritual matters over earthly relationships.

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 Matthew 6:33

Song of Solomon 3:2 depicts an earthly pursuit of love, but Matthew 6:33 emphasizes seeking the kingdom of God first.

Matthew 6:33: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Contradiction with 1 John 2:15

Song of Solomon 3:2 depicts a search motivated by worldly love, in contrast to 1 John 2:15 which warns against loving the world and its desires.

1 John 2:15: Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
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