Contradictions and Paradoxes in Song of Solomon 7:13

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Song of Solomon 7:13 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Song of Solomon 7:13. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, this verse is like someone saying they have gathered lots of yummy fruits, both fresh and saved up, and they want to share them with someone they really love. It's a way of showing how they care and want to give good things to their special person.

Song of Solomon 7:13: The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates [are] all manner of pleasant [fruits], new and old, [which] I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 6:18

Calls for fleeing from fornication, emphasizing purity, which contrasts with the sensual overtones of Song of Solomon 7:13.

1 Corinthians 6:18: Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Contradiction with Colossians 3:5

Urges believers to put to death earthly desires, contrasting with the sensual delights mentioned in Song of Solomon 7:13.

Colossians 3:5: Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

Contradiction with 1 Thessalonians 4:3-5

Encourages sanctification and avoiding lustful passions, which opposes the passionate imagery of Song of Solomon 7:13.

1 Thessalonians 4:3-5: For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:

Contradiction with James 4:4

Warns that friendship with worldly pleasures is enmity with God, conflicting with the celebration of earthly love and desire in Song of Solomon 7:13.

James 4:4: Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

Contradiction with Romans 13:14

Advises making no provision for the flesh or lust, which contrasts with the indulgence in sensual experiences highlighted in Song of Solomon 7:13.

Romans 13:14: But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].
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