Song of Songs 1:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Take 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.

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  • Ps 45:14-15 : 14 She will come before the king in robes of needlework; the virgins in her train will come before you. 15 With joy and rapture will they come; they will go into the king's house.
  • John 6:44 : 44 No man is able to come to me if the Father who sent me does not give him the desire to come: and I will take him up from the dead on the last day.
  • John 12:32 : 32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will make all men come to me.
  • Eph 2:6 : 6 So that we came back from death with him, and are seated with him in the heavens, in Christ Jesus;
  • Hos 11:4 : 4 I made them come after me with the cords of a man, with the bands of love; I was to them as one who took the yoke from off their mouths, putting meat before them.
  • Ps 119:32 : 32 I will go quickly in the way of your teaching, because you have given me a free heart.
  • Ps 119:60 : 60 I was quick to do your orders, and let no time be wasted.
  • Ps 149:2 : 2 Let Israel have joy in his maker; let the children of Zion be glad in their King.
  • Song 1:2-3 : 2 Let him give me the kisses of his mouth: for his love is better than wine. 3 Sweet is the smell of your perfumes; your name is as perfume running out; so the young girls give you their love.
  • Song 2:3-5 : 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. 4 He took me to the house of wine, and his flag over me was love. 5 Make me strong with wine-cakes, let me be comforted with apples; I am overcome with love.
  • Song 3:4 : 4 I was but a little way from them, when I came face to face with him who is the love of my soul. I took him by the hands, and did not let him go, till I had taken him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who gave me birth.
  • Isa 25:8 : 8 He has put an end to death for ever; and the Lord God will take away all weeping; and he will put an end to the shame of his people in all the earth: for the Lord has said it.
  • Isa 45:25 : 25 In the Lord will all the seed of Israel get their rights, and they will give glory to him.
  • Isa 61:3 : 3 To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.
  • Isa 63:7 : 7 I will give news of the mercies of the Lord, and his great acts, even all the things the Lord has done for us, in his great grace to the house of Israel; even all he has done for us in his unnumbered mercies.
  • Jer 31:3 : 3 From far away he saw the Lord: my love for you is an eternal love: so with mercy I have made you come with me.
  • Zeph 3:14 : 14 Make melody, O daughter of Zion; give a loud cry, O Israel; be glad and let your heart be full of joy, O daughter of Jerusalem.
  • Zech 9:9 : 9 Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass.
  • Matt 25:10 : 10 And while they went to get oil, the master came; and those who were ready went in with him to the feast: and the door was shut.
  • Luke 2:10 : 10 And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people:
  • Luke 22:19 : 19 And he took bread and, having given praise, he gave it to them when it had been broken, saying, This is my body, which is given for you: do this in memory of me.
  • Ps 48:9 : 9 Our thoughts were of your mercy, O God, while we were in your Temple.
  • Ps 63:5 : 5 My soul will be comforted, as with good food; and my mouth will give you praise with songs of joy;
  • Ps 98:4-9 : 4 Let all the earth send out a glad cry to the Lord; sounding with a loud voice, and praising him with songs of joy. 5 Make melody to the Lord with instruments of music; with a corded instrument and the voice of song. 6 With wind instruments and the sound of the horn, make a glad cry before the Lord, the King. 7 Let the sea be thundering, with all its waters; the world, and all who are living in it; 8 Let the streams make sounds of joy with their hands; let the mountains be glad together, 9 Before the Lord, for he has come as judge of the earth; judging the world in righteousness, and giving true decisions for the peoples.
  • Ps 103:1-2 : 1 <Of David.> Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let everything in me give praise to his holy name. 2 Give praise to the Lord, O my soul; let not all his blessings go from your memory.
  • Ps 111:4 : 4 Certain for ever is the memory of his wonders: the Lord is full of pity and mercy.
  • Eph 6:24 : 24 Grace be with all those who have true love for our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • Phil 2:12-13 : 12 So then, my loved ones, as you have at all times done what I say, not only when I am present, but now much more when I am not with you, give yourselves to working out your salvation with fear in your hearts; 13 For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.
  • Phil 3:3 : 3 For we are the circumcision, who give worship to God and have glory in Jesus Christ, and have no faith in the flesh:
  • Phil 4:4 : 4 Be glad in the Lord at all times: again I say, Be glad.
  • Heb 12:1 : 1 For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,
  • 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 To whom your love is given, though you have not seen him; and the faith which you have in him, though you do not see him now, gives you joy greater than words and full of glory:
  • John 14:2-3 : 2 In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you? 3 And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.
  • John 21:15-17 : 15 Then when they had taken food, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, is your love for me greater than the love of these others? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you are certain of my love for you. He said to him, Then give my lambs food. 16 Again, a second time, he said to him, Simon, son of John, have you any love for me? Yes, Lord, he said, you are certain of my love for you. Then take care of my sheep, said Jesus. 17 He said to him a third time, Simon, son of John, am I dear to you? Now Peter was troubled in his heart because he put the question a third time, Am I dear to you? And he said to him, Lord, you have knowledge of all things; you see that you are dear to me. Jesus said to him, Then give my sheep food.
  • 1 Cor 11:23-26 : 23 For it was handed down to me from the Lord, as I gave it to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when Judas was false to him, took bread, 24 And when it had been broken with an act of praise, he said, This is my body which is for you: do this in memory of me. 25 In the same way, with the cup, after the meal, he said, This cup is the new testament in my blood: do this, whenever you take it, in memory of me. 26 For whenever you take the bread and the cup you give witness to the Lord's death till he comes.
  • Ps 42:4 : 4 Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Song 1:2-3
    2 verses
    85%

    2 Let him give me the kisses of his mouth: for his love is better than wine.

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

  • Song 4:6-11
    6 verses
    81%

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

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

    8 Come 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.

    9 You 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!

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

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

  • Song 1:5
    79%

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

  • Song 2:3-7
    5 verses
    79%

    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.

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

    5 Make me strong with wine-cakes, let me be comforted with apples; I am overcome with love.

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

    7 I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, do not let love be moved till it is ready.

  • Song 7:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5 Your head is like Carmel, and the hair of your head is like purple, in whose net the king is prisoner.

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

  • Song 6:1
    78%

    1 Where 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?

  • Song 1:7
    78%

    7 Say, 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?

  • Song 2:10
    77%

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

  • Song 5:1-2
    2 verses
    77%

    1 I 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.

    2 I 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 1:13-15
    3 verses
    77%

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

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

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

  • Song 1:9
    76%

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

  • Song 7:9-12
    4 verses
    76%

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

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

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

    12 Let 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.

  • Song 5:8-9
    2 verses
    76%

    8 I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you see my loved one, what will you say to him? That I am overcome with love.

    9 What 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?

  • Song 3:3-6
    4 verses
    75%

    3 The watchmen who go about the town came by me; to them I said, Have you seen him who is my heart's desire?

    4 I was but a little way from them, when I came face to face with him who is the love of my soul. I took him by the hands, and did not let him go, till I had taken him into my mother's house, and into the room of her who gave me birth.

    5 I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes of the field, let not love be moved till it is ready.

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

  • Song 8:2-5
    4 verses
    75%

    2 I would take you by the hand into my mother's house, and she would be my teacher. I would give you drink of spiced wine, drink of the pomegranate.

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

    4 I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not let love be moved till it is ready.

    5 Who is this, who comes up from the waste places, resting on her loved one? It was I who made you awake under the apple-tree, where your mother gave you birth; there she was in pain at your birth.

  • Prov 7:18
    75%

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

  • Song 5:16
    75%

    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.

  • Song 8:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

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

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

  • Song 6:4
    75%

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

  • Song 4:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

    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 4:1
    74%

    1 See, 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 2:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13 The 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.

    14 O 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.

  • Prov 5:19
    73%

    19 As a loving hind and a gentle doe, let her breasts ever give you rapture; let your passion at all times be moved by her love.