Song of Songs 1:5

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Song 5:8 : 8 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love.
  • Ps 120:5 : 5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
  • Song 2:7 : 7 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, Until he please.
  • Song 2:14 : 14 O 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 4:3 : 3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy mouth is comely. Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil.
  • 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 6:4 : 4 Thou art fair, O my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as an army with banners.
  • Song 8:4 : 4 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, Until he please.
  • Isa 53:2 : 2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
  • Isa 60:7 : 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee; they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar; and I will glorify the house of my glory.
  • Isa 61:10 : 10 I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
  • Ezek 16:14 : 14 And thy renown went forth among the nations for thy beauty; for it was perfect, through my majesty which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.
  • Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household!
  • Matt 22:11 : 11 But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment:
  • Luke 13:34 : 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen [gathereth] her own brood under her wings, and ye would not!
  • Luke 15:22 : 22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth quickly the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
  • Rom 13:14 : 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof] .
  • 1 Cor 4:10-13 : 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor. 11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place; 12 and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; 13 being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.
  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 Him who knew no sin he made [to be] sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
  • Gal 4:26 : 26 But the Jerusalem that is above is free, which is our mother.
  • Eph 5:26 : 26 that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
  • 1 John 3:1 : 1 Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and [such] we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
  • Song 3:5 : 5 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, Until he please.
  • Song 3:10 : 10 He made the pillars thereof of silver, The bottom thereof of gold, the seat of it of purple, The midst thereof being paved with love, From the daughters of Jerusalem.
  • Ps 149:4 : 4 For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.
  • Ps 45:9 : 9 Kings' daughters are among thy honorable women: At thy right hand doth stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
  • Ps 90:17 : 17 And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

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