Song of Songs 2:8

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The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.

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  • 2 Sam 6:16 : 16 As the ark of the LORD entered the City of David, Michal, daughter of Saul, looked out from the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, she despised him in her heart.
  • Song 2:17 : 17 Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains.
  • Song 5:2 : 2 I 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."
  • Isa 35:6 : 6 Then the lame will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy. For waters will break forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
  • Isa 40:3-4 : 3 A voice of one calling: In the wilderness prepare the way for the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God. 4 Every valley shall be raised up, every mountain and hill made low; the rough ground shall become level, the rugged places a plain.
  • Isa 44:23 : 23 Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done it! Shout, O depths of the earth! Burst into song, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the LORD has redeemed Jacob and displays his glory in Israel.
  • Isa 49:11-13 : 11 I will turn all my mountains into roads, and my highways will be raised up. 12 Look, these will come from far away, and look, these from the north and the west, and others from the land of Sinim. 13 Sing, O heavens, rejoice, O earth, and break out into singing, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people and will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
  • Isa 52:7 : 7 How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, 'Your God reigns!'.
  • Isa 55:12-13 : 12 For you will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. 13 In place of the thornbush, the cypress will grow; and instead of the nettle, the myrtle will rise. This will be for the LORD's renown, an everlasting sign that will not be destroyed.
  • Jer 48:27 : 27 Was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Was he found among thieves, that whenever you speak of him you wag your head in scorn?
  • Luke 3:4-6 : 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: "The voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.'" 5 Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be made low; the crooked paths will become straight, and the rough ways will be made smooth, 6 and all humanity will see God's salvation.
  • John 3:29 : 29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and listens to him, rejoices greatly at the sound of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore, this joy of mine is now complete.
  • John 10:4-5 : 4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5 They will not follow a stranger; rather, they will run away from him, because they do not recognize the voice of strangers.
  • John 10:27 : 27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
  • Acts 3:8 : 8 He jumped to his feet, stood, and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God.
  • Acts 14:10 : 10 Paul said loudly, 'Stand upright on your feet!' And the man jumped up and began to walk.
  • Rev 3:20 : 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with them, and they with me.
  • Luke 6:23 : 23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy! For behold, your reward is great in heaven, for that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Song 2:9-14
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    87%

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

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

    11 For behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.

    12 The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.

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

    14 My dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff, show me your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely.

  • Song 8:13-14
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    84%

    13 You who dwell in the gardens, your companions are listening to your voice; let me hear it.

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

  • Song 2:16-17
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    82%

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

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

  • 7 I 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 3:2-6
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    79%

    2 I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and the squares; I will seek the one my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.

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

    4 Scarcely 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.

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

    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 4:5-9
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    5 Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle, grazing among the lilies.

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

    7 You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no blemish in you.

    8 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride; come with me from Lebanon. Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summit of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions and the mountains of leopards.

    9 You 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.

  • Song 5:1-2
    2 verses
    78%

    1 I 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.

    2 I 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 7:10-12
    3 verses
    78%

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

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

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

  • Song 1:13-16
    4 verses
    77%

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

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

    15 Behold, you are beautiful, my love! Behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are like doves.

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

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

  • Song 6:1-4
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    76%

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

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

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

    4 You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my love, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as an army with banners.

  • Song 8:4-5
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    75%

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

    5 Who 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.

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

  • 1 Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.

  • Song 5:8-10
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    74%

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

    9 What makes your beloved better than another beloved, most beautiful among women? What makes your beloved better than another, that you should beg us so passionately?

    10 My beloved is radiant and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.

  • Song 1:7-9
    3 verses
    74%

    7 Tell 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?

    8 If you do not know, most beautiful of women, follow the tracks of the sheep and graze your young goats near the shepherds' tents.

    9 I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

  • 6 I 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.

  • 16 Awaken, 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.

  • 3 Like 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.

  • 4 Take 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.

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