Proverbs 7:17

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'I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.'

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  • Ps 45:8 : 8 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy above your companions.
  • Song 3:6 : 6 Who is this coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of the merchant?
  • Song 4:13-14 : 13 Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with choice fruits, henna with nard plants. 14 Nard and saffron, fragrant calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, along with the finest spices.
  • Isa 57:7-9 : 7 You have placed your bed on a high and lofty mountain; there you went up to offer sacrifices. 8 Behind your doors and doorposts you have set up your pagan symbols. Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed, climbing into it and opening it wide; you made a pact with them, you loved their beds and gazed on their manhood. 9 You went to the king with oil and increased your perfumes; you sent your envoys far away; you even descended to the realm of the dead.
  • Exod 30:23 : 23 Take choice spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, and 250 shekels of fragrant calamus.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 7:15-16
    2 verses
    88%

    15'So I came out to meet you, to diligently seek your face, and I have found you.'

    16'I have spread my couch with coverings, colored linens from Egypt.'

  • Song 4:9-16
    8 verses
    81%

    9You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.

    10How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!

    11Your lips, my bride, drip honey like a honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the scent of Lebanon.

    12A locked garden is my sister, my bride—an enclosed spring, a sealed fountain.

    13Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with choice fruits, henna with nard plants.

    14Nard and saffron, fragrant calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, along with the finest spices.

    15You are a spring of gardens, a well of fresh water, flowing streams from Lebanon.

    16Awaken, north wind, and come, south wind! Breathe on my garden so that its spices may flow. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choice fruits.

  • Prov 7:18
    81%

    18'Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning; let us delight ourselves with loving caresses.'

  • Song 1:12-14
    3 verses
    81%

    12While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.

    13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.

    14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.

  • Song 3:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

    6Who is this coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the fragrant powders of the merchant?

    7Look, it is Solomon's couch, surrounded by sixty valiant men, the warriors of Israel.

  • Ezek 23:41
    77%

    41You sat on a glorious couch with a table prepared before it, where you placed my incense and my oil.

  • Song 7:6-13
    8 verses
    76%

    6Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, and the flowing locks of your hair are like royal purple. The king is captivated by its tresses.

    7How beautiful and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!

    8Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters.

    9I said, 'I will climb the palm tree and take hold of its branches.' Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples.

    10Your mouth is like the finest wine, flowing smoothly for my beloved, gliding over the lips of those who are asleep.

    11I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.

    12Come, my beloved, let us go out into the fields; let us lodge in the villages.

    13Let us rise early and go to the vineyards to see if the vines have budded, if their blossoms have opened, and if the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my love.

  • Song 4:6
    76%

    6Until the day breathes and the shadows flee, I will go to the mountain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense.

  • Ps 45:8
    76%

    8You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy above your companions.

  • Song 5:13
    74%

    13His cheeks are like a bed of spices, towers of scented herbs. His lips are lilies dripping with flowing myrrh.

  • Song 5:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

    1I have entered my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spices. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, and drink; be intoxicated with love.

    2I was sleeping, but my heart was awake. I heard the sound of my beloved knocking: "Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my perfect one, for my head is drenched with dew and my hair with the dampness of the night."

    3I have taken off my tunic; how can I put it back on? I have washed my feet; how can I dirty them again?

  • Job 7:13
    73%

    13When I think my bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,

  • Song 5:5
    73%

    5I arose to open for my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the bolt.

  • Song 1:16-17
    2 verses
    73%

    16Behold, you are handsome, my beloved, truly delightful. Our bed is lush and green.

    17The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are cypress trees.

  • Song 6:2
    72%

    2My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies.

  • Song 1:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.

    3The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the young women love you!

  • Exod 30:23
    71%

    23Take choice spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half as much (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, and 250 shekels of fragrant calamus.

  • Isa 57:8
    71%

    8Behind your doors and doorposts you have set up your pagan symbols. Forsaking me, you uncovered your bed, climbing into it and opening it wide; you made a pact with them, you loved their beds and gazed on their manhood.

  • Song 2:4-6
    3 verses
    71%

    4He brought me to the banquet hall, and his banner over me is love.

    5Strengthen me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

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

  • Ezek 16:18
    71%

    18You took your embroidered garments to cover them, and you presented my oil and incense before them.

  • Song 8:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2I would lead you and bring you to my mother's house, where you would teach me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.

    3His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.

  • Song 8:14
    70%

    14Hurry, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.

  • Song 3:1
    70%

    1On my bed at night, I sought the one my soul loves; I sought him, but I did not find him.

  • Exod 25:6
    70%

    6oil for the lamp, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;

  • Song 3:10
    70%

    10He made its posts of silver, its backrest of gold, its seat of purple; its interior was lovingly inlaid by the daughters of Jerusalem.