Song of Songs 1:16

American Standard Version (1901)

Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: Also our couch is green.

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Referenced Verses

  • Song 2:3 : 3 As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.
  • Song 3:7 : 7 Behold, it is the litter of Solomon; Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty men of Israel.
  • Song 5:10-16 : 10 My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand. 11 His head is [as] the most fine gold; His locks are bushy, [and] black as a raven. 12 His eyes are like doves beside the water-brooks, Washed with milk, [and] fitly set. 13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, [As] banks of sweet herbs: His lips are [as] lilies, dropping liquid myrrh. 14 His hands are [as] rings of gold set with beryl: His body is [as] ivory work overlaid [with] sapphires. 15 His legs are [as] pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: His aspect is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. 16 His mouth is most sweet; Yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
  • Zech 9:17 : 17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins.
  • Phil 3:8-9 : 8 Yea verily, and I count all things to be loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but refuse, that I may gain Christ, 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, [even] that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:
  • Rev 5:11-13 : 11 And I saw, and I heard a voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12 saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that hath been slain to receive the power, and riches, and wisdom, and might and honor, and glory, and blessing. 13 And every created thing which is in the heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all things are in them, heard I saying, Unto him that sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb, [be] the blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion, for ever and ever.
  • Ps 45:2 : 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men; Grace is poured into thy lips: Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
  • Ps 110:3 : 3 Thy people offer themselves willingly In the day of thy power, in holy array: Out of the womb of the morning Thou hast the dew of thy youth.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Song 1:13-15
    3 verses
    85%

    13My beloved is unto me [as] a bundle of myrrh, That lieth betwixt my breasts.

    14My beloved is unto me [as] a cluster of henna-flowers In the vineyards of En-gedi.

    15Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold thou art fair; Thine eyes are [as] doves.

  • Song 1:17
    83%

    17The beams of our house are cedars, [And] our rafters are firs.

  • Song 7:5-7
    3 verses
    81%

    5Thy head upon thee is like Carmel, And the hair of thy head like purple; The king is held captive in the tresses [thereof] .

    6How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

    7This thy stature is like to a palm-tree, And thy breasts to its clusters.

  • Song 4:1
    80%

    1Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are [as] doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead.

  • Song 4:6-10
    5 verses
    78%

    6Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense.

    7Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee.

    8Come with me from Lebanon, [my] bride, With me from Lebanon: Look from the top of Amana, From the top of Senir and Hermon, From the lions' dens, From the mountains of the leopards.

    9Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, [my] bride; Thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, With one chain of thy neck.

    10How fair is thy love, my sister, [my] bride! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine oils than all manner of spices!

  • Song 2:8-10
    3 verses
    78%

    8The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.

    9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice.

    10My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

  • Song 6:1-5
    5 verses
    76%

    1Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? Whither hath thy beloved turned him, That we may seek him with thee?

    2My beloved is gone down to his garden, To the beds of spices, To feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

    3I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine; He feedeth [his flock] among the lilies,

    4Thou art fair, O my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as an army with banners.

    5Turn away thine eyes from me, For they have overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of Gilead.

  • Song 2:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13The fig-tree ripeneth her green figs, And the vines are in blossom; They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

    14O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the steep place, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

  • Song 4:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15[ Thou art] a fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And flowing streams from Lebanon.

    16Awake, O north wind; And come, thou south; Blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, And eat his precious fruits.

  • Song 2:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.

    4He brought me to the banqueting-house, And his banner over me was love.

  • Song 1:7-9
    3 verses
    74%

    7Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest [thy flock], Where thou makest [it] to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that is veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions?

    8If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, Go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, And feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

    9I have compared thee, O my love, To a steed in Pharaoh's chariots.

  • Song 2:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16My beloved is mine, and I am his: He feedeth [his flock] among the lilies.

    17Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart Upon the mountains of Bether.

  • Song 8:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13Thou that dwellest in the gardens, The companions hearken for thy voice: Cause me to hear it.

    14Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.

  • Song 5:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than [another] beloved, That thou dost so adjure us?

    10My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand.

  • Song 7:10-13
    4 verses
    74%

    10I am my beloved's; And his desire is toward me.

    11Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; Let us lodge in the villages.

    12Let us get up early to the vineyards; Let us see whether the vine hath budded, [And] its blossom is open, [And] the pomegranates are in flower: There will I give thee my love.

    13The mandrakes give forth fragrance; And at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and old, Which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

  • Song 1:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4Draw me; we will run after thee: The king hath brought me into his chambers; We will be glad and rejoice in thee; We will make mention of thy love more than of wine: Rightly do they love thee. [

    5I am black, but comely, Oh ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon.

  • Prov 7:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

    18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves.

  • Song 4:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12A garden shut up is my sister, [my] bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

    13Thy shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits; Henna with spikenard plants,

  • Song 5:16
    72%

    16His mouth is most sweet; Yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

  • Song 5:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1I am come into my garden, my sister, [my] bride: 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, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

    2I was asleep, but my heart waked: It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, [saying], Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.

  • Song 6:10
    71%

    10Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, Fair as the moon, Clear as the sun, Terrible as an army with banners?