Song of Songs 2:5

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

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  • Song 5:8 : 8 I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him that I am lovesick.
  • Hos 3:1 : 1 Then the Lord said to me, "Go again and love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, just as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes."
  • 2 Sam 6:19 : 19 He distributed food among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women: to each person a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins. Then all the people returned to their homes.
  • 2 Sam 13:1-2 : 1 After this, Absalom, son of David, had a beautiful sister named Tamar, and Amnon, the son of David, fell in love with her. 2 Amnon was so distressed about his sister Tamar that he made himself sick, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible for him to do anything to her.
  • 1 Chr 16:3 : 3 He distributed to every person of Israel, both men and women, a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins.
  • Ps 4:6-7 : 6 Offer right sacrifices and trust in the LORD. 7 Many say, 'Who will show us anything good?' Let the light of Your face shine upon us, O LORD.
  • Ps 42:1-2 : 1 For the director of music, a contemplative psalm of the sons of Korah. 2 As a deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs for you, O God.
  • Ps 63:1-3 : 1 A psalm of David, written when he was in the wilderness of Judah. 2 O God, you are my God; I earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. 3 So I have seen you in the sanctuary, to behold your power and your glory.
  • Ps 63:8 : 8 For you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.
  • Ps 119:130-131 : 130 The unfolding of Your words gives light; it imparts understanding to the simple. 131 I open my mouth wide and pant, longing for Your commandments.
  • Luke 24:32 : 32 They said to each other, "Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?"
  • Phil 1:23 : 23 I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better;
  • Song 7:8 : 8 Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters.
  • Isa 26:8-9 : 8 Yes, LORD, walking in the way of Your judgments, we wait for You; Your name and Your renown are the desire of our soul. 9 My soul yearns for You in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks You. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Song 2:3-4
    2 verses
    85%

    3Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

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

  • Song 2:6-7
    2 verses
    80%

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

    7I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and the does of the field, not to awaken or stir up love until it pleases.

  • Song 8:2-5
    4 verses
    76%

    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.

    4I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, do not awaken or stir up love until it pleases.

    5Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother was in labor with you; there she who bore you was in labor.

  • Song 5:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    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."

  • Song 1:2
    75%

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

  • Song 1:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    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 5:6-8
    3 verses
    75%

    6I opened to my beloved, but he had withdrawn and was gone. My soul failed when he spoke. I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he did not answer.

    7The watchmen who go about the city found me; they struck me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.

    8I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him that I am lovesick.

  • Song 1:4
    74%

    4Take me away with you—let us run! The king has brought me into his chambers. We will rejoice and be glad in you; we will celebrate your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you.

  • Song 2:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.

    10My beloved spoke and said to me, 'Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.'

  • Song 7:6-13
    8 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Prov 7:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

  • Song 2:13
    73%

    13The fig tree ripens its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.

  • Song 1:7
    73%

    7Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest your sheep at midday. Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?

  • Song 4:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Song 3:3-5
    3 verses
    72%

    3The watchmen who patrol the city found me. "Have you seen the one my soul loves?"

    4Scarcely had I passed them when I found the one my soul loves. I held him and would not let him go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the room of the one who conceived me.

    5I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and the does of the field: do not awaken or arouse love until it pleases.

  • Song 4:6
    72%

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

  • Song 2:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16My beloved is mine and I am his; he grazes among the lilies.

    17Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains.

  • Prov 5:19
    71%

    19A loving doe, a graceful deer—may her breasts satisfy you always, and may you always be captivated by her love.

  • Song 4:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

    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!

  • Song 5:16
    70%

    16His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.

  • Song 6:1-3
    3 verses
    70%

    1Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?

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

    3I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies.

  • Song 8:14
    70%

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

  • Song 2:1
    70%

    1I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

  • Song 6:5
    70%

    5Turn your eyes away from me, for they overwhelm me. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Gilead.

  • Isa 5:1
    69%

    1Let me sing now for my beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill.