Longing for Her Beloved
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Oh, that you were like my brother,
Who nursed at my mother's breasts!
If I should find you outside,
I would kiss you;
I would not be despised.
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I would lead you and bring you
Into the a house of my mother,
She who used to instruct me.
I would cause you to drink of b spiced wine,
Of the juice of my pomegranate.
(To the Daughters of Jerusalem)
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c His left hand is under my head,
And his right hand embraces me.
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d I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.
A Relative
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e Who is this coming up from the wilderness,
Leaning upon her beloved?
I awakened you under the apple tree.
There your mother brought you forth;
There she who bore you brought you forth.
The Shulamite to Her Beloved
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f Set me as a seal upon your heart,
As a seal upon your arm;
For love is as strong as death,
g Jealousy as cruel as the grave;
Its flames are flames of fire,
A most vehement flame.
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Many waters cannot quench love,
Nor can the floods drown it.
h If a man would give for love
All the wealth of his house,
It would be utterly despised.
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Cross References
Song of Solomon 3:4
Scarcely had I passed by them, When I found the one I love. I held him and would not let him go, Until I had brought him to the house of my mother, And into the chamber of her who conceived me.
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Cross References
Proverbs 9:2
She has slaughtered her meat, She has mixed her wine, She has also furnished her table.
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Cross References
Song of Solomon 2:6
His left hand is under my head, And his right hand embraces me.
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Cross References
Song of Solomon 2:7
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the does of the field, Do not stir up nor awaken love Until it pleases.
Song of Solomon 3:5
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the does of the field, Do not stir up nor awaken love Until it pleases.
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Cross References
Song of Solomon 3:6
Who is this coming out of the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all the merchant's fragrant powders?
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Cross References
Isaiah 49:16
See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me.
Jeremiah 22:24
As I live," says the LORD, "though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet on My right hand, yet I would pluck you off.
Haggai 2:23
'In that day,' says the LORD of hosts, 'I will take you, Zerubbabel My servant, the son of Shealtiel,' says the LORD, 'and will make you like a signet ring; for I have chosen you,' says the LORD of hosts."
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Cross References
Proverbs 6:34
For jealousy is a husband's fury; Therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
Proverbs 6:35
He will accept no recompense, Nor will he be appeased though you give many gifts.
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Cross References
Proverbs 6:35
He will accept no recompense, Nor will he be appeased though you give many gifts.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.