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Home Programs Are they Contradictory? Proverbs 26:4 and Proverbs 26:5

No program of this kind has challenged the intelligent thinking man and skeptics who quickly dismiss the Bible as a source of truth, and claims that the Bible is inaccurate and self-contradictory.

But the seemingly contradictory verses that Bro. Willy Santiago posed will surely trickle down as to who is the rightful preacher and pastor gifted with the mastery of the Word of God in the Bible. Who will stand to answer the seemingly paradoxical verse? That is the challenge of this segment to everyone!
 
Are they Contradictory?

or those who claim to be Christians and believers of God, the Bible is the word of God. And being so, the Bible does not contain any contradictions.

But is that true?

Let us find out the truth by searching and by reading the Bible. As the Book of Isaiah 34:16 says—

“Seek ye out the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.”

At this particular point, let us read the Bible and let us try to see for ourselves if there are indeed no contradictions in the pronouncements that were written in this Book.

From my constant reading of the Bible, I would like to impart with you some of the verses that I had come across, which seem to convey contrasting ideas. Just like what Proverbs 26:4 and Proverbs 26:5 say—

Proverbs 26:4 says—

“Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.”

This verse says, “Answer not a fool according to his folly.” We know very well that, whenever the Bible urges us not to do something that is tantamount to a prohibition. We are prohibited from doing it. Therefore, we are prohibited to answer a fool according to his folly. However, if we are going to read the following verse—

Proverbs 26:5 says—

“Answer a fool according to his folly.”

The first verse that we read said, “Answer not a fool according to his folly,” while the next verse said, “Answer a fool according to his folly.”

Which of the two verses is correct? Do they contradict each other? What could be the truth? For us to know the answer, let us ask Bro. Eli Soriano.