Song of Songs 1:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

While the king is seated at his table, my spices send out their perfume.

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  • John 12:3 : 3 Then Mary, taking a pound of perfumed oil of great value, put it on the feet of Jesus and made them dry with her hair: and the house became full of the smell of the perfume.
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 I have all things and more than enough: I am made full, having had from Epaphroditus the things which came from you, a perfume of a sweet smell, an offering well pleasing to God.
  • Rev 3:20 : 20 See, I am waiting at the door and giving the sign; if my voice comes to any man's ears and he makes the door open, I will come in to him, and will take food with him and he with me.
  • Rev 8:3-4 : 3 And another angel came and took his place at the altar, having a gold vessel for burning perfume; and there was given to him much perfume, so that he might put it with the prayers of all the saints on the gold altar which was before the high seat. 4 And the smoke of the perfume, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand.
  • Ps 45:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of the sons of Korah. Maschil. A Song of loves.> My heart is flowing over with good things; my words are of that which I have made for a king; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
  • Song 4:13-16 : 13 The produce of the garden is pomegranates; with all the best fruits, henna and spikenard, 14 Spikenard and safron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices. 15 You are a fountain of gardens, a spring of living waters, and flowing waters from Lebanon. 16 Be awake, O north wind; and come, O south, blowing on my garden, so that its spices may come out. Let my loved one come into his garden, and take of his good fruits.
  • Song 7:5 : 5 Your head is like Carmel, and the hair of your head is like purple, in whose net the king is prisoner.
  • Matt 22:4 : 4 Again he sent out other servants, with orders to say to the guests, See, I have made ready my feast: my oxen and my fat beasts have been put to death, and all things are ready: come to the feast.
  • Matt 22:11 : 11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a guest's robe;
  • Matt 25:34 : 34 Then will the King say to those on his right, Come, you who have the blessing of my Father, into the kingdom made ready for you before the world was:
  • Matt 26:26-28 : 26 And when they were taking food, Jesus took bread and, after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to the disciples and said, Take it; this is my body. 27 And he took a cup and, having given praise, he gave it to them, saying, 28 Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins.
  • Mark 14:3 : 3 And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, seated at table, there came a woman with a bottle of perfumed oil of great price; and when the bottle was broken she put the perfume on his head.
  • Luke 24:30-32 : 30 And when he was seated with them at table, he took the bread, and said words of blessing and, making division of it, he gave it to them. 31 And then their eyes were open, and they had knowledge of him, but he went from their view. 32 And they said to one another, Were not our hearts burning in us while he was talking to us on the way, making clear to us the holy Writings?

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    13As a bag of myrrh is my well-loved one to me, when he is at rest all night between my breasts.

    14My love is to me as a branch of the cypress-tree in the vine-gardens of En-gedi.

  • Prov 7:16-18
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    16My bed is covered with cushions of needlework, with coloured cloths of the cotton thread of Egypt;

    17I have made my bed sweet with perfumes and spices.

    18Come, let us take our pleasure in love till the morning, having joy in love's delights.

  • Song 4:9-16
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    9You have taken away my heart, my sister, my bride; you have taken away my heart, with one look you have taken it, with one chain of your neck!

    10How fair is your love, my sister! How much better is your love than wine, and the smell of your oils than any perfume!

    11Your lips are dropping honey; honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your clothing is like the smell of Lebanon.

    12A garden walled-in is my sister, my bride; a garden shut up, a spring of water stopped.

    13The produce of the garden is pomegranates; with all the best fruits, henna and spikenard,

    14Spikenard and safron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.

    15You are a fountain of gardens, a spring of living waters, and flowing waters from Lebanon.

    16Be awake, O north wind; and come, O south, blowing on my garden, so that its spices may come out. Let my loved one come into his garden, and take of his good fruits.

  • Ps 45:8
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    8Your robes are full of the smell of all sorts of perfumes and spices; music from the king's ivory houses has made you glad.

  • Song 3:6
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    6Who is this coming out of the waste places like pillars of smoke, perfumed with sweet spices, with all the spices of the trader?

  • Song 1:2-4
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    2Let him give me the kisses of his mouth: for his love is better than wine.

    3Sweet is the smell of your perfumes; your name is as perfume running out; so the young girls give you their love.

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  • Song 4:6
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    6Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

  • Song 5:13
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    13His face is as beds of spices, giving out perfumes of every sort; his lips like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.

  • Ezek 23:41
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    41And she took her seat on a great bed, with a table put ready before it on which she put my perfume and my oil.

  • Song 6:1-3
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    1Where is your loved one gone, O most fair among women? Where is your loved one turned away, that we may go looking for him with you?

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    3I am for my loved one, and my loved one is for me; he takes food among the lilies.

  • Song 7:12-13
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    12Let us go out early to the vine-gardens; let us see if the vine is in bud, if it has put out its young fruit, and the pomegranate is in flower. There I will give you my love.

    13The mandrakes give out a sweet smell, and at our doors are all sorts of good fruits, new and old, which I have kept for my loved one.

  • Song 5:1-2
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    1I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; to take my myrrh with my spice; my wax with my honey; my wine with my milk. Take meat, O friends; take wine, yes, be overcome with love.

    2I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.

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    11We will make you chains of gold with ornaments of silver.

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    13You who have your resting-place in the gardens, the friends give ear to your voice; make me give ear to it.

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  • Song 2:9-10
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    9My loved one is like a roe; see, he is on the other side of our wall, he is looking in at the windows, letting himself be seen through the spaces.

    10My loved one said to me, Get up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

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    8I said, Let me go up the palm-tree, and let me take its branches in my hands: your breasts will be as the fruit of the vine, and the smell of your breath like apples;

    9And the roof of your mouth like good wine flowing down smoothly for my loved one, moving gently over my lips and my teeth.

    10I am for my loved one, and his desire is for me.

  • Song 2:2-4
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    2As the lily-flower among the thorns of the waste, so is my love among the daughters.

    3As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my loved one among the sons. I took my rest under his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

    4He took me to the house of wine, and his flag over me was love.

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    13The fig-tree puts out her green fruit and the vines with their young fruit give a good smell. Get up from your bed, my beautiful one, and come away.

  • Song 7:5-6
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    5Your head is like Carmel, and the hair of your head is like purple, in whose net the king is prisoner.

    6How beautiful and how sweet you are, O love, for delight.

  • Song 2:16
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    16My loved one is mine, and I am his: he takes his food among the flowers.

  • Song 3:11
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    11Go out, O daughters of Jerusalem, and see King Solomon, with the crown which his mother put on his head on the day when he was married, and on the day of the joy of his heart.

  • Song 2:6
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    6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand is round about me.

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    16See, you are fair, my loved one, and a pleasure; our bed is green.

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    16His mouth is most sweet; yes, he is all beautiful. This is my loved one, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

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    2It is like oil of great price on the head, flowing down over the face, even Aaron's face: coming down to the edge of his robe;

  • Song 8:3
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    3His left hand would be under my head, and his right hand about me.