Contradictions and Paradoxes in Song of Solomon 6:7

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Song of Solomon 6:7 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Song of Solomon 6:7. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to many Bible teachers, this verse in Song of Solomon means, "The writer is saying that the person's cheeks are lovely and special, just like a pretty pomegranate fruit."

Song of Solomon 6:7: As a piece of a pomegranate [are] thy temples within thy locks.

Contradiction with Proverbs 31:30

This verse suggests that favor and beauty are deceitful, while Song of Solomon 6:7 praises beauty.

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

This verse emphasizes that the Lord looks at the heart rather than outward appearance, contrasting with the physical description in Song of Solomon 6:7.

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 Isaiah 53:2

This verse describes Christ with no beauty that should be desired, in contrast to the admired beauty in Song of Solomon 6:7.

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.

Contradiction with 1 Peter 3:3-4

This verse values the inner beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit over outward beauty, opposite to the focus in Song of Solomon 6:7.

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;
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