Contradictions and Paradoxes in Song of Solomon 8:7

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Song of Solomon 8:7 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Song of Solomon 8:7. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Solomon, love is so strong that even big floods cannot wash it away, and no amount of money or treasure can replace it. Love is more precious than anything you can own.

Song of Solomon 8:7: Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if [a] man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

Contradiction with Proverbs 27:4

This verse highlights the destructiveness of wrath and anger, contrasting the unquenchable nature of love in Song of Solomon 8:7.

Proverbs 27:4: Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy? [Wrath...: Heb. Wrath is cruelty, and anger an overflowing] [envy: or, jealousy?]

Contradiction with Jeremiah 17:9

This verse describes the heart as deceitful and wicked, contradicting the pure and unwavering love described in Song of Solomon 8:7.

Jeremiah 17:9: The heart [is] deceitful above all [things], and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Contradiction with Matthew 6:24

This verse speaks about the impossibility of serving two masters, suggesting a division unlike the indivisible love noted in Song of Solomon 8:7.

Matthew 6:24: No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

Contradiction with James 4:4

This verse warns against loving the world, which stands in contrast to the idealized, unwavering love celebrated in Song of Solomon 8:7.

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 1 John 2:15-16

These verses caution against worldly love and desires, opposing the pure and flood-resistant love depicted in Song of Solomon 8:7.

1 John 2:15-16: 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.
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