Contradictions and Paradoxes in Song of Solomon 4:1

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Song of Solomon 4:1 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Song of Solomon 4:1. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, this verse is about someone telling their special friend that they are very beautiful, like gentle doves and soft hair, comparing it to a group of goats on a hillside. It's a nice way to say that the person is lovely and loved.

Song of Solomon 4:1: Behold, thou [art] fair, my love; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast] doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair [is] as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. [that...: or, that eat of, etc]

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 16:7

Song of Solomon 4:1 focuses on external beauty, whereas 1 Samuel 16:7 emphasizes that God values inner qualities over appearances.

1 Samuel 16:7: But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for [the LORD seeth] not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. [outward...: Heb. eyes]

Contradiction with Proverbs 31:30

Song of Solomon 4:1 praises a woman's beauty, while Proverbs 31:30 suggests that charm and beauty are fleeting and that fearing the Lord is more praiseworthy.

Proverbs 31:30: Favour [is] deceitful, and beauty [is] vain: [but] a woman [that] feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

Contradiction with 1 Peter 3:3-4

Song of Solomon 4:1 describes physical beauty, which contrasts with 1 Peter 3:3-4, where the emphasis is on inner beauty and a gentle spirit.

1 Peter 3:3-4: Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

Contradiction with Matthew 23:27

Song of Solomon 4:1 appreciates outward beauty, while Matthew 23:27 uses whitewashed tombs as a metaphor for hypocrisy, stressing that outward appearances can be deceiving.

Matthew 23:27: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead [men's] bones, and of all uncleanness.

Contradiction with Isaiah 53:2

Song of Solomon 4:1 celebrates attractiveness, but Isaiah 53:2 describes the Messiah as having no beauty or majesty to attract people to him.

Isaiah 53:2: For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, [there is] no beauty that we should desire him.
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