Contradictions and Paradoxes in Song of Solomon 4:3

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

According to Solomon, this verse means that the person's lips are beautifully red, and they speak nicely. It's like saying that the sides of their face are as pretty as the inside of a yummy, red pomegranate.

Song of Solomon 4:3: Thy lips [are] like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech [is] comely: thy temples [are] like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

Contradiction with Proverbs 11:22

This verse implies that beauty without discretion is meaningless, potentially contradicting the praise of beauty in Song of Solomon 4:3.

Proverbs 11:22: [As] a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, [so is] a fair woman which is without discretion. [is without: Heb. departeth from]

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 16:7

This verse emphasizes looking at the heart rather than outward appearance, contrary to the focus on physical beauty in Song of Solomon 4:3.

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 1 Peter 3:3-4

These verses value inner beauty over outward adornment, in contrast to the physical description in Song of Solomon 4:3.

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 Isaiah 53:2

This verse describes no outward beauty in the messianic servant, which contrasts with the emphasis on physical beauty in Song of Solomon 4:3.

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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