Song of Solomon 3
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On my bed r by night
I sought s him whom my soul loves;
t I sought him, but found him not.
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I will rise now and go about the city,
in u the streets and in the squares;
I will seek s him whom my soul loves.
I sought him, but found him not.
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v The watchmen found me
as they went about in the city.
"Have you seen him whom my soul loves?"
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Scarcely had I passed them
when I found s him whom my soul loves.
I w held him, and would not let him go
until I had x brought him into my mother's house,
and into the chamber of y her who conceived me.
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z I adjure you, a O daughters of Jerusalem,
b by the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
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c What is that coming up from the wilderness
like d columns of smoke,
perfumed with e myrrh and frankincense,
with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?
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Behold, it is the litter of Solomon!
Around it are f sixty g mighty men,
some of the mighty men of Israel,
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all of them wearing swords
and expert in war,
each with his h sword at his thigh,
against i terror by night.
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King Solomon made himself a carriage
from the wood of Lebanon.
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He made its posts of silver,
its back of gold, its seat of purple;
its interior was inlaid with love
by j the daughters of Jerusalem.
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Go out, O k daughters of Zion,
and look upon King Solomon,
with the crown with which his mother crowned him
on l the day of his wedding,
on the day of the gladness of his heart.
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Isaiah 26:9
My soul yearns for you in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks you. For when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
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Song of Solomon 1:7
Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions?
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Song of Solomon 5:6
I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had turned and gone. My soul failed me when he spoke. I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer.
John 7:34
You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.
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Jeremiah 5:1
Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look and take note! Search her squares to see if you can find a man, one who does justice and seeks truth, that I may pardon her.
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Song of Solomon 3:1
On my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not.
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Song of Solomon 5:7
The watchmen found me as they went about in the city; they beat me, they bruised me, they took away my veil, those watchmen of the walls.
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Song of Solomon 3:1
On my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not.
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Job 27:6
I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
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Song of Solomon 8:2
I would lead you and bring you into the house of my mother - she who used to teach me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the juice of my pomegranate.
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Hosea 2:5
For their mother has played the whore; she who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said, 'I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.
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Song of Solomon 2:7
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or the does of the field, that you not stir up or awaken love until it pleases.
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Song of Solomon 1:5
I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
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Song of Solomon 2:9
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, there he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, looking through the lattice.
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Song of Solomon 8:5
Who is that coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother was in labor with you; there she who bore you was in labor.
Song of Solomon 6:10
"Who is this who looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awesome as an army with banners?"
Isaiah 60:8
Who are these that fly like a cloud, and like doves to their windows?
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Exodus 13:21
And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.
Joel 2:30
And I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke.
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Song of Solomon 4:6
Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will go away to the mountain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense.
Song of Solomon 4:14
Nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, with all choice spices -
Matthew 2:11
And going into the house they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
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.
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Song of Solomon 6:8
There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.
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2 Samuel 23:8
These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite; he was chief of the three. He wielded his spear against eight hundred whom he killed at one time.
1 Chronicles 11:10
Now these are the chiefs of David's mighty men, who gave him strong support in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concerning Israel.
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Psalms 45:3
Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your splendor and majesty!
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Psalms 91:5
You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day.
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Song of Solomon 1:5
I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
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Isaiah 3:16 - 17
The Lord said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks, glancing wantonly with their eyes, mincing along as they go, tinkling with their feet.
Isaiah 4:4
When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.
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Isaiah 62:5
For as a young man marries a young woman, so shall your sons marry you, and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you.
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