Contradictions and Paradoxes in Song of Solomon 3:4

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Song of Solomon 3:4 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Song of Solomon 3:4. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, this verse means that when you find someone you really, really love, you want to keep them close and never let them go. It's like finding something very special and wanting to show it to your family because it makes you so happy.

Song of Solomon 3:4: [It was] but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.

Contradiction with Proverbs 4:23

This verse emphasizes guarding one's heart, which can contradict the open pursuit of love in Song of Solomon 3:4.

Proverbs 4:23: Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it [are] the issues of life. [with...: Heb. above all keeping]

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 7:7-8

Paul suggests remaining single can be better, contrasting the focus on romantic love in Song of Solomon 3:4.

1 Corinthians 7:7-8: For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

Describes the heart as deceitful, which challenges the joyful discovery of love in Song of Solomon 3:4.

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

Contradiction with Matthew 6:21

Suggests where treasure is, there is the heart; possibly contradicts the personal attachment seen in Song of Solomon 3:4.

Matthew 6:21: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

Contradiction with 1 John 2:15

Advises not loving the world, which could conflict with the romantic love depicted in Song of Solomon 3:4.

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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