Song of Songs 1:2

American Standard Version (1901)

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 63:3-5 : 3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee. 4 So will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. 5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips;
  • Song 1:4 : 4 Draw 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. [
  • Song 4:10 : 10 How 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!
  • Isa 55:1-2 : 1 Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
  • Matt 26:26 : 26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it; and he gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
  • Luke 15:20 : 20 And he arose, and came to his father. But while he was yet afar off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
  • Acts 21:7 : 7 And when we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais; and we saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
  • Ps 2:12 : 12 Kiss the son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, For his wrath will soon be kindled. Blessed are all they that take refuge in him.
  • Song 7:9 : 9 And thy mouth like the best wine, That goeth down smoothly for my beloved, Gliding through the lips of those that are asleep.
  • Song 7:12 : 12 Let 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.
  • Song 8:1-2 : 1 Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! [When] I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; Yea, and none would despise me. 2 I would lead thee, [and] bring thee into my mother's house, Who would instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.
  • Isa 25:6 : 6 And in this mountain will Jehovah of hosts make unto all peoples a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
  • Ps 36:7 : 7 How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.
  • Song 2:4 : 4 He brought me to the banqueting-house, And his banner over me was love.
  • Song 5:16 : 16 His mouth is most sweet; Yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
  • Song 7:6 : 6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Song 1:3-4
    2 verses
    85%

    3Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is [as] oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee.

    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. [

  • Song 4:9-12
    4 verses
    85%

    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!

    11Thy lips, O [my] bride, drop [as] the honeycomb: Honey and milk are under thy tongue; And the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

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

  • Song 7:9-10
    2 verses
    82%

    9And thy mouth like the best wine, That goeth down smoothly for my beloved, Gliding through the lips of those that are asleep.

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

  • Song 1:1
    82%

    1The Song of songs, which is Solomon's.

  • Song 5:16
    79%

    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
    79%

    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 7:6
    78%

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

  • Song 1:12-15
    4 verses
    77%

    12While the king sat at his table, My spikenard sent forth its fragrance.

    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 2:10
    77%

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

  • Song 7:12
    76%

    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.

  • Prov 7:18
    75%

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

  • Song 2:3-6
    4 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.

    5Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love.

    6His left hand [is] under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.

  • Song 5:13
    75%

    13His cheeks are as a bed of spices, [As] banks of sweet herbs: His lips are [as] lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

  • Song 8:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! [When] I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; Yea, and none would despise me.

    2I would lead thee, [and] bring thee into my mother's house, Who would instruct me; I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine, Of the juice of my pomegranate.

    3His left hand [should be] under my head, And his right hand should embrace me.

  • Song 5:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    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 1:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

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

    10Thy cheeks are comely with plaits [of hair], Thy neck with strings of jewels.

  • Song 4:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Song 6:1
    74%

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

  • Prov 5:19
    74%

    19[ As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

  • Song 3:6
    74%

    6Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant?

  • Song 1:7
    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?

  • Song 4:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    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 2:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    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 2:16
    73%

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

  • Song 3:4
    73%

    4It was but a little that I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother's house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.

  • Prov 7:13
    72%

    13So she caught him, and kissed him, [And] with an impudent face she said unto him:

  • Song 8:14
    72%

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

  • Isa 5:1
    72%

    1Let me sing for my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved had a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:

  • Ps 45:2
    72%

    2Thou art fairer than the children of men; Grace is poured into thy lips: Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

  • Prov 5:3
    72%

    3For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, And her mouth is smoother than oil:

  • Song 6:4
    72%

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