Contradictions and Paradoxes in Song of Solomon 5:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Song of Solomon 5:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Song of Solomon 5:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Christians, the author of the Song of Solomon is believed to be King Solomon. This verse means that the person being described is very beautiful and gentle, and speaking to him would make you feel happy and peaceful, just like smelling sweet flowers.

Song of Solomon 5:13: His cheeks [are] as a bed of spices, [as] sweet flowers: his lips [like] lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. [sweet flowers: or, towers of perfumes]

Contradiction with Proverbs 31:30

Song of Solomon 5:13 describes physical beauty, while Proverbs 31:30 emphasizes that favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain compared to the fear of the Lord.

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

Contradiction with 1 Samuel 16:7

Song of Solomon 5:13 focuses on physical attributes, whereas 1 Samuel 16:7 states that the Lord looks at the heart rather than outward appearance.

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

Song of Solomon 5:13 highlights physical attractiveness, while 1 Peter 3:3-4 teaches that beauty should come from a gentle and quiet spirit, not from outward adornment.

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 1 Timothy 2:9-10

Song of Solomon 5:13 praises physical features, but 1 Timothy 2:9-10 advises women to focus on good deeds rather than expensive clothing or jewelry.

1 Timothy 2:9-10: In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; [broided: or, plaited]

Contradiction with Matthew 23:27-28

Song of Solomon 5:13 admires outward appearance, while Matthew 23:27-28 warns against being outwardly beautiful but inwardly corrupt, like whitewashed tombs.

Matthew 23:27-28: 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.
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