Song of Songs 4:10

American Standard Version (1901)

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!

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Referenced Verses

  • Song 1:2-4 : 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; For thy love is better than wine. 3 Thine oils have a goodly fragrance; Thy name is [as] oil poured forth; Therefore do the virgins love thee. 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 1:12 : 12 While the king sat at his table, My spikenard sent forth its fragrance.
  • Song 3:6 : 6 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness Like pillars of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all powders of the merchant?
  • Song 5:5 : 5 I rose up to open to my beloved; And my hands dropped with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, Upon the handles of the bolt.
  • Song 7:6 : 6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
  • 2 Cor 1:21-22 : 21 Now he that establisheth us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God; 22 who also sealed us, and gave [us] the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
  • Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 But I have all things, and abound: I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things [that came] from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God.
  • Rev 5:8 : 8 And when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having each one a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Song 4:5-9
    5 verses
    88%

    5 Thy two breasts are like two fawns That are twins of a roe, Which feed among the lilies.

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

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

    8 Come 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.

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

  • Song 4:11-16
    6 verses
    87%

    11 Thy 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.

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

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

    14 Spikenard and saffron, Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.

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

    16 Awake, 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 1:2-4
    3 verses
    85%

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

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

    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 7:4-7
    4 verses
    83%

    4 Thy neck is like the tower of ivory; Thine eyes [as] the pools in Heshbon, By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Thy nose is like the tower of Lebanon Which looketh toward Damascus.

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

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

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

  • Song 5:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    1 I 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.

    2 I 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 1:12-16
    5 verses
    79%

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

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

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

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

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

  • Song 5:9-10
    2 verses
    79%

    9 What 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?

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

  • 1 Behold, 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 7:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

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

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

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

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

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

  • Song 1:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

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

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

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

  • Song 6:1-2
    2 verses
    76%

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

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

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

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

  • 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?

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Song 2:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13 The 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.

    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.

  • 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.