Song of Solomon 1

The Bride Confesses Her Love

1 The Song of a Songs, which is Solomon's.

She 1

2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
For your b love is better than wine;
 3 your c anointing oils are fragrant;
your d name is oil poured out;
therefore virgins love you.

Others

4 e Draw me after you; f let us run.
g The king has brought me into his chambers.
We will h exult and rejoice in you;
we will extol b your love more than wine;
rightly do they love you.

She

5 I am very dark, but i lovely,
O j daughters of Jerusalem,
like k the tents of l Kedar,
like the curtains of Solomon.
 6 Do not gaze at me because I am dark,
because the sun has looked upon me.
My m mother's sons were angry with me;
they made me n keeper of o the vineyards,
but p my own vineyard I have not kept!
 7 Tell me, you q whom my soul loves,
where you r pasture your flock,
where you make it s lie down at noon;
for why should I be like one who veils herself
beside the flocks of your t companions?

Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other

He

8 If you do not know,
O u most beautiful among women,
follow in the tracks of the flock,
and pasture your young goats
beside the shepherds' tents.

9 I compare you, v my love,
to w a mare among Pharaoh's chariots.
 10 x Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
your neck with strings of jewels.

Others

11 We will make for you 2 ornaments of gold,
studded with silver.

She

12 While y the king was on his couch,
my z nard gave forth its fragrance.
 13 My beloved is to me a sachet of a myrrh
that lies between my breasts.
 14 My beloved is to me a cluster of b henna blossoms
in the vineyards of c Engedi.

He

15 d Behold, e you are beautiful, f my love;
behold, you are beautiful;
your g eyes are doves.

She

16 Behold, you are beautiful, h my beloved, truly i delightful.
Our couch is green;
 17 the beams of our house are j cedar;
our rafters are j pine.

  1. Cross References
    1 Kings 4:32
    He also spoke 3,000 proverbs, and his songs were 1,005.
  2. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:10
    How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!
  3. Cross References
    Luke 7:46
    You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
    John 12:3
    Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
  4. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 7:1
    A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth.
  5. Cross References
    Hosea 11:4
    I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.
    John 6:44
    No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
    John 12:32
    And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 119:32
    I will run in the way of your commandments when you enlarge my heart!
    Philippians 3:12 - 14
    Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 45:14 - 15
    In many-colored robes she is led to the king, with her virgin companions following behind her.
    Song of Solomon 2:4
    He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.
    John 14:2
    In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
    Ephesians 2:6
    And raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 9:2
    I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.
    Psalms 45:15
    With joy and gladness they are led along as they enter the palace of the king.
  9. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 1:2
    Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine.
  10. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 2:14
    O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.
    Song of Solomon 4:3
    Your lips are like a scarlet thread, and your mouth is lovely. Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil.
    Song of Solomon 6:4
    You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.
  11. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 2:7
    I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the ...
    Song of Solomon 3:5
    I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the ...
    Song of Solomon 3:10 - 11
    He made its posts of silver, its back of gold, ...
    Song of Solomon 5:8
    I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you ...
    Song of Solomon 5:16
    His mouth is most sweet, and he is altogether d...
    Song of Solomon 8:4
    I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that yo...
    Luke 23:28
    But turning to them Jesus said, "Daughters of J...
  12. Cross References
    Psalms 120:5
    Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
  13. Cross References
    Isaiah 60:7
    All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on my altar, and I will beautify my beautiful house.
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 69:8
    I have become a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my mother's sons.
  15. Cross References
    Job 27:18
    He builds his house like a moth's, like a booth that a watchman makes.
    Proverbs 27:18
    Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored.
  16. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 8:11 - 12
    Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.
  17. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 9:27
    But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.
  18. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 3:1 - 4
    On my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not.
  19. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 2:16
    My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.
    Song of Solomon 6:3
    I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies.
    Psalms 23:1 - 3
    The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
    Ezekiel 34:14 - 15
    I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel.
  20. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:20
    It will never be inhabited or lived in for all generations; no Arab will pitch his tent there; no shepherds will make their flocks lie down there.
    Jeremiah 33:12
    Thus says the Lord of hosts: In this place that is waste, without man or beast, and in all of its cities, there shall again be habitations of shepherds resting their flocks.
  21. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 8:13
    O you who dwell in the gardens, with companions listening for your voice; let me hear it.
  22. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 5:9
    What is your beloved more than another beloved, O most beautiful among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you thus adjure us?
    Song of Solomon 6:1
    Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?
  23. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 1:15
    Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves.
  24. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 1:16 - 17
    And Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's traders would buy them from Kue for a price.
  25. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 5:13
    His cheeks are like beds of spices, mounds of sweet-smelling herbs. His lips are lilies, dripping liquid myrrh.
    Ezekiel 16:11 - 14
    And I adorned you with ornaments and put bracelets on your wrists and a chain on your neck.
  26. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 1:4
    Draw me after you; let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you.
  27. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:13 - 14
    Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates with all choicest fruits, henna with nard.
    Mark 14:3
    And while he was at Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the flask and poured it over his head.
    John 12:3
    Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.
  28. Cross References
    Psalms 45:8
    Your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia. From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad.
    John 19:39
    Nicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight.
  29. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:13
    Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates with all choicest fruits, henna with nard.
  30. Cross References
    1 Samuel 23:29
    And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of Engedi.
  31. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:1
    Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead.
  32. Cross References
    Ezekiel 16:13
    Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your clothing was of fine linen and silk and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour and honey and oil. You grew exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty.
  33. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 1:9
    I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh...
    Song of Solomon 2:2
    As a lily among brambles, so is my love among t...
    Song of Solomon 2:10
    My beloved speaks and says to me: "Arise, my lo...
    Song of Solomon 2:13
    The fig tree ripens its figs, and the vines are...
    Song of Solomon 4:1
    Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you...
    Song of Solomon 4:7
    You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is...
    Song of Solomon 5:2
    I slept, but my heart was awake. A sound! My be...
    Song of Solomon 6:4
    You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love, lovely as...
  34. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 4:1
    Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead.
    Song of Solomon 5:12
    His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, bathed in milk, sitting beside a full pool.
  35. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 2:3
    As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
  36. Cross References
    2 Samuel 1:23
    Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely! In life and in death they were not divided; they were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.
    2 Samuel 1:26
    I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant have you been to me; your love to me was extraordinary, surpassing the love of women.
  37. Cross References
    Isaiah 37:24
    By your servants you have mocked the Lord, and you have said, With my many chariots I have gone up the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon, to cut down its tallest cedars, its choicest cypresses, to come to its remotest height, its most fruitful forest.
    Isaiah 60:13
    The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress, the plane, and the pine, to beautify the place of my sanctuary, and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
    Ezekiel 31:8
    The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it, nor the fir trees equal its boughs; neither were the plane trees like its branches; no tree in the garden of God was its equal in beauty.
  38. Cross References
    Isaiah 37:24
    By your servants you have mocked the Lord, and you have said, With my many chariots I have gone up the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon, to cut down its tallest cedars, its choicest cypresses, to come to its remotest height, its most fruitful forest.
    Isaiah 60:13
    The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress, the plane, and the pine, to beautify the place of my sanctuary, and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
    Ezekiel 31:8
    The cedars in the garden of God could not rival it, nor the fir trees equal its boughs; neither were the plane trees like its branches; no tree in the garden of God was its equal in beauty.
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