Song of Songs 3:1

American Standard Version (1901)

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

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Referenced Verses

  • Song 5:6 : 6 I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself, [and] was gone. My soul had failed me when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
  • Song 1:7 : 7 Tell 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?
  • Isa 26:9 : 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
  • Isa 55:6 : 6 Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:
  • Luke 13:24 : 24 Strive to enter in by the narrow door: for many, I say unto you, shall seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
  • John 21:17 : 17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, [son] of John, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
  • 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
  • Job 23:8-9 : 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there] ; And backward, but I cannot perceive him; 9 On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
  • Ps 4:4 : 4 Stand in awe, and sin not: Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. {{Selah
  • Ps 6:6 : 6 I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
  • Ps 22:2 : 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
  • Ps 63:6-8 : 6 When I remember thee upon my bed, [And] meditate on thee in the night-watches. 7 For thou hast been my help, And in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. 8 My soul followeth hard after thee: Thy right hand upholdeth me.
  • Ps 77:2-4 : 2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; My soul refused to be comforted. 3 I remember God, and am disquieted: I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. {{Selah 4 Thou holdest mine eyes watching: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
  • Ps 130:1-2 : 1 [A Song of Ascents]. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Jehovah. 2 Lord, hear my voice: Let thine ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications.
  • 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

  • Song 3:2-6
    5 verses
    92%

    2[ I said], I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

    3The watchmen that go about the city found me; [To whom I said], Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

    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.

    5I 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.

    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 5:6-9
    4 verses
    83%

    6I opened to my beloved; But my beloved had withdrawn himself, [and] was gone. My soul had failed me when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

    7The watchmen that go about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my mantle from me.

    8I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love.

    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?

  • Song 6:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    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,

  • Prov 7:15
    76%

    15Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.

  • Song 5:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

    3I have put off my garment; How shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

  • Song 1:7
    75%

    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?

  • Ps 77:2
    74%

    2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: My hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; My soul refused to be comforted.

  • Song 1:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Ps 63:6
    73%

    6When I remember thee upon my bed, [And] meditate on thee in the night-watches.

  • Song 7:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Song 2:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Isa 26:9
    72%

    9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

  • Eccl 7:28
    72%

    28which my soul still seeketh, but I have not found: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

  • Song 4:6
    72%

    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.

  • Ps 132:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, Nor go up into my bed;

    4I will not give sleep to mine eyes, Or slumber to mine eyelids;

  • Song 8:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

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

    4I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, Until he please.

  • Ps 63:1
    71%

    1[A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah]. O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.

  • Song 2:6
    71%

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

  • Ps 77:6
    71%

    6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search.

  • Prov 7:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • Ps 6:6
    71%

    6I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

  • Song 8:1
    70%

    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.

  • Song 2:17
    70%

    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.

  • Prov 7:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house,

    9In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness.

  • Jer 31:26
    70%

    26Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me.

  • Prov 8:17
    70%

    17I love them that love me; And those that seek me diligently shall find me.

  • Job 23:3
    70%

    3Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

  • Ps 27:8
    70%

    8[ When thou saidst], Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.

  • Song 1:4
    69%

    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 2:4
    69%

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

  • Ps 119:10
    69%

    10With my whole heart have I sought thee: Oh let me not wander from thy commandments.

  • Job 30:17
    69%

    17In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And the [pains] that gnaw me take no rest.