Solomon Admires His Bride's Beauty
The Beloved
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Behold, p you are fair, my love!
Behold, you are fair!
You have dove's eyes behind your veil.
Your hair is like a q flock of goats,
Going down from Mount Gilead.
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r Your teeth are like a flock of shorn sheep
Which have come up from the washing,
Every one of which bears twins,
And none is barren among them.
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Your lips are like a strand of scarlet,
And your mouth is lovely.
s Your temples behind your veil
Are like a piece of pomegranate.
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t Your neck is like the tower of David,
Built u for an armory,
On which hang a thousand bucklers,
All shields of mighty men.
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v Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle,
Which feed among the lilies.
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w Until the day breaks
And the shadows flee away,
I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh
And to the hill of frankincense.
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x You are all fair, my love,
And there is no spot in you.
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Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse,
With me from Lebanon.
Look from the top of Amana,
From the top of Senir y and Hermon,
From the lions' dens,
From the mountains of the leopards.
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You have ravished my heart,
My sister, my spouse;
You have ravished my heart
With one look of your eyes,
With one link of your necklace.
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How fair is your love,
My sister, my spouse!
z How much better than wine is your love,
And the scent of your perfumes
Than all spices!
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Your lips, O my spouse,
Drip as the honeycomb;
a Honey and milk are under your tongue;
And the fragrance of your garments
Is b like the fragrance of Lebanon.
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A garden enclosed
Is my sister, my spouse,
A spring shut up,
A fountain sealed.
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Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates
With pleasant fruits,
Fragrant henna with spikenard,
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Spikenard and saffron,
Calamus and cinnamon,
With all trees of frankincense,
Myrrh and aloes,
With all the chief spices -
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A fountain of gardens,
A well of c living waters,
And streams from Lebanon.
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Cross References
Song of Solomon 1:15
Behold, you are fair, my love! Behold, you are fair! You have dove's eyes.
Song of Solomon 5:12
His eyes are like doves By the rivers of waters, Washed with milk, And fitly set.
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Song of Solomon 6:5
Turn your eyes away from me, For they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats Going down from Gilead.
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Song of Solomon 6:6
Your teeth are like a flock of sheep Which have come up from the washing; Every one bears twins, And none is barren among them.
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Song of Solomon 6:7
Like a piece of pomegranate Are your temples behind your veil.
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Song of Solomon 7:4
Your neck is like an ivory tower, Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon By the gate of Bath Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon Which looks toward Damascus.
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Nehemiah 3:19
And next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, the leader of Mizpah, repaired another section in front of the Ascent to the Armory at the buttress.
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Proverbs 5:19
As a loving deer and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; And always be enraptured with her love.
Song of Solomon 7:3
Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle.
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Cross References
Song of Solomon 2:17
Until the day breaks And the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, And be like a gazelle Or a young stag Upon the mountains of Bether.
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Song of Solomon 1:15
Behold, you are fair, my love! Behold, you are fair! You have dove's eyes.
Ephesians 5:27
That He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 3:9
(the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir).
1 Chronicles 5:23
So the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land. Their numbers increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon, that is, to Senir, or Mount Hermon.
Ezekiel 27:5
They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast.
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Cross References
Song of Solomon 1:2
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth - For your love is better than wine.
Song of Solomon 1:4
Draw me away! We will run after you. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will remember your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you.
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Proverbs 24:13
My son, eat honey because it is good, And the honeycomb which is sweet to your taste.
Proverbs 24:14
So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul; If you have found it, there is a prospect, And your hope will not be cut off.
Song of Solomon 5:1
I have come to my garden, my sister, my spouse; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends! Drink, yes, drink deeply, O beloved ones!
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Cross References
Genesis 27:27
And he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his clothing, and blessed him and said: "Surely, the smell of my son Is like the smell of a field Which the LORD has blessed.
Hosea 14:6
His branches shall spread; His beauty shall be like an olive tree, And his fragrance like Lebanon.
Hosea 14:7
Those who dwell under his shadow shall return; They shall be revived like grain, And grow like a vine. Their scent shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
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Zechariah 14:8
And in that day it shall be That living waters shall flow from Jerusalem, Half of them toward the eastern sea And half of them toward the western sea; In both summer and winter it shall occur.
John 4:10
Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.
John 7:38
"He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water."
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.