Verse 2

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies.

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  • Song 5:13 : 13 His cheeks are like a bed of spices, towers of scented herbs. His lips are lilies dripping with flowing myrrh.
  • Song 6:11 : 11 I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see whether the vines had budded, whether the pomegranates were in bloom.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young.
  • Isa 57:1 : 1 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; faithful people are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil.
  • Isa 58:11 : 11 The Lord will guide you continually, and he will satisfy your soul in parched places and strengthen your bones. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
  • Isa 61:11 : 11 For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to sprout, so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring up in the sight of all the nations.
  • Ezek 34:23 : 23 I will place over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.
  • Zeph 3:17 : 17 The LORD your God is in your midst—a mighty warrior who saves. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will exult over you with joyful singing.
  • Matt 18:20 : 20 For where two or three gather in my name, there I am with them.
  • Matt 28:20 : 20 'teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the very end of the age.'
  • John 4:34-35 : 34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to accomplish his work. 35 Do you not say, 'There are still four months until harvest'? Look, I tell you: Lift up your eyes and see that the fields are white for harvest already.
  • John 14:3 : 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am, you may be also.
  • John 17:24 : 24 Father, I desire that those You have given Me may be with Me where I am, to see My glory, the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
  • Phil 1:21-23 : 21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. 22 Now if I live on in the flesh, this means fruitful labor for me. Yet I do not know what I shall choose. 23 I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better;
  • 1 Thess 4:13-14 : 13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also, through Jesus, God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep.
  • Rev 7:17 : 17 For the Lamb at the center of the throne will shepherd them. He will lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
  • Song 1:7-8 : 7 Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest your sheep at midday. Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions? 8 If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the sheep and graze your young goats near the shepherds' tents.
  • Song 2:1-2 : 1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. 2 Like a lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
  • Song 4:12-5:1 : 12 A locked garden is my sister, my bride—an enclosed spring, a sealed fountain. 13 Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with choice fruits, henna with nard plants. 14 Nard and saffron, fragrant calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, along with the finest spices. 15 You are a spring of gardens, a well of fresh water, flowing streams from Lebanon. 16 Awaken, north wind, and come, south wind! Breathe on my garden so that its spices may flow. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choice fruits. 1 I have entered my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spices. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, and drink; be intoxicated with love.