Song of Songs 1:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Song 2:3 : 3 As 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.
  • Song 3:7 : 7 See, it is the bed of Solomon; sixty men of war are about it, of the army of Israel,
  • Song 5:10-16 : 10 My loved one is white and red, the chief among ten thousand. 11 His head is as the most delicate gold; his hair is thick, and black as a raven. 12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the water streams, washed with milk, and rightly placed. 13 His face is as beds of spices, giving out perfumes of every sort; his lips like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh. 14 His hands are as rings of gold ornamented with beryl-stones; his body is as a smooth plate of ivory covered with sapphires. 15 His legs are as pillars of stone on a base of delicate gold; his looks are as Lebanon, beautiful as the cedar-tree. 16 His mouth is most sweet; yes, he is all beautiful. This is my loved one, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
  • Zech 9:17 : 17 For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.
  • Phil 3:8-9 : 8 Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward, 9 And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
  • Rev 5:11-13 : 11 And I saw, and there came to my ears the sound of a great number of angels round about the high seat and the beasts and the rulers; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12 Saying with a great voice, It is right to give to the Lamb who was put to death, power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and blessing. 13 And to my ears came the voice of everything in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and of all things which are in them, saying, To him who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb, may blessing and honour and glory and power be given for ever and ever.
  • Ps 45:2 : 2 You are fairer than the children of men; grace is flowing through your lips; for this cause the blessing of God is with you for ever.
  • Ps 110:3 : 3 Your people give themselves gladly in the day of your power; like the dew of the morning on the holy mountains is the army of your young men.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Song 1:13-15
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    85%

    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.

    15See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove.

  • Song 1:17
    83%

    17Cedar-trees are the pillars of our house; and our boards are made of fir-trees.

  • Song 7:5-7
    3 verses
    81%

    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.

    7You are tall like a palm-tree, and your breasts are like the fruit of the vine.

  • Song 4:1
    80%

    1See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove; your hair is as a flock of goats, which take their rest on the side of Gilead.

  • Song 4:6-10
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    78%

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

    7You are all fair, my love; there is no mark on you.

    8Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, with me from Lebanon; see from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the places of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.

    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!

  • Song 2:8-10
    3 verses
    78%

    8The voice of my loved one! See, he comes dancing on the mountains, stepping quickly on the hills.

    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.

  • Song 6:1-5
    5 verses
    76%

    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?

    2My loved one is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to take food in the gardens, and to get lilies.

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

    4You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, as fair as Jerusalem; you are to be feared like an army with flags.

    5Let your eyes be turned away from me; see, they have overcome me; your hair is as a flock of goats which take their rest on the side of Gilead.

  • Song 2:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

    14O my dove, you are in the holes of the mountain sides, in the cracks of the high hills; let me see your face, let your voice come to my ears; for sweet is your voice, and your face is fair.

  • Song 4:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Song 2:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Song 1:7-9
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    74%

    7Say, O love of my soul, where you give food to your flock, and where you make them take their rest in the heat of the day; why have I to be as one wandering by the flocks of your friends?

    8If you have not knowledge, O most beautiful among women, go on your way in the footsteps of the flock, and give your young goats food by the tents of the keepers.

    9I have made a comparison of you, O my love, to a horse in Pharaoh's carriages.

  • Song 2:16-17
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    74%

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

    17Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, come, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of Bether.

  • Song 8:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

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

    14Come quickly, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of spice.

  • Song 5:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9What is your loved one more than another, O fairest among women? What is your loved one more than another, that you say this to us?

    10My loved one is white and red, the chief among ten thousand.

  • Song 7:10-13
    4 verses
    74%

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

    11Come, my loved one, let us go out into the field; let us take rest among the cypress-trees.

    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 1:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4Take me to you, and we will go after you: the king has taken me into his house. We will be glad and full of joy in you, we will give more thought to your love than to wine: rightly are they your lovers.

    5I am dark, but fair of form, O daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

  • Prov 7:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    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 4:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    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,

  • Song 5:16
    72%

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

  • Song 5:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Song 6:10
    71%

    10Who is she, looking down as the morning light, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, who is to be feared like an army with flags?