Contradictions and Paradoxes in Song of Solomon 4:14

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Song of Solomon 4:14 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Song of Solomon 4:14. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, the writer of this book, this verse is like a beautiful garden with many sweet-smelling plants and spices. It shows how much love and joy someone special can bring into our lives, like a garden full of lovely scents.

Song of Solomon 4:14: Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

Contradiction with 1 John 2:15

This verse advises against loving worldly things, while Song of Solomon 4:14 lists earthly and material spices in a positive light.

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.

Contradiction with James 3:16

Warns against envy and strife, whereas Song of Solomon 4:14 embraces the richness associated with spices that could incite envy.

James 3:16: For where envying and strife [is], there [is] confusion and every evil work. [confusion: Gr. tumult, or, unquietness]

Contradiction with Ecclesiastes 2:11

Speaks of the vanity and futility of earthly pursuits, but Song of Solomon 4:14 celebrates the luxuriousness of spices.

Ecclesiastes 2:11: Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all [was] vanity and vexation of spirit, and [there was] no profit under the sun.

Contradiction with Matthew 6:19

Advises against laying up earthly treasures, while Song of Solomon 4:14 describes precious, earthly spices.

Matthew 6:19: Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

Contradiction with Philippians 3:8

Describes everything as loss compared to knowing Christ, in contrast to the high value implied in Song of Solomon 4:14.

Philippians 3:8: Yea doubtless, and I count all things [but] loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them [but] dung, that I may win Christ,
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