Song of Songs 4:3

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Your lips are like a scarlet thread, and your speech is lovely. Your cheeks are like a slice of pomegranate behind your veil.

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  • Song 6:7 : 7 Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil.
  • Josh 2:18 : 18 if, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet rope in the window through which you let us down and gathered your family into your house—your father, mother, brothers, and all who belong to you.
  • Song 5:16 : 16 His mouth is sweetness itself; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.
  • Gen 32:10 : 10 Then Jacob said, 'O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who said to me,
  • Lev 14:4 : 4 the priest shall command that two living clean birds, cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop be brought for the one to be cleansed.
  • Lev 14:6 : 6 The living bird, along with the cedar wood, the scarlet yarn, and the hyssop, shall be dipped in the blood of the bird that was slaughtered over fresh water.
  • Lev 14:49-52 : 49 To purify the house, he is to take two birds along with cedar wood, scarlet yarn, and hyssop. 50 He shall slaughter one of the birds over a clay pot containing fresh water. 51 Then he is to take the cedar wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn, and the living bird, dip them into the blood of the slaughtered bird and the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times. 52 He shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the living bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet yarn.
  • Num 4:8 : 8 They shall spread a scarlet cloth over them, cover them with a covering of fine leather, and insert its poles.
  • Num 19:6 : 6 The priest shall then take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them into the fire where the heifer is being burned.
  • Ezra 9:6 : 6 I said, 'My God, I am ashamed and humiliated to lift my face to you, my God, because our sins are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.'
  • Ps 37:30 : 30 The mouth of the righteous person utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
  • Ps 45:2 : 2 My heart overflows with a good theme; I speak my composition to the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.
  • Ps 119:13 : 13 With my lips I recount all the judgments spoken by Your mouth.
  • Prov 10:13 : 13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of those who lack understanding.
  • Prov 10:20-21 : 20 The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value. 21 The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of sense.
  • Prov 16:21-24 : 21 The wise in heart will be called discerning, and pleasant speech increases learning. 22 Understanding is a fountain of life to the one who has it, but the discipline of fools is folly. 23 The heart of the wise makes his mouth prudent, and his lips promote learning. 24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
  • Prov 31:26 : 26 She opens her mouth with wisdom, and instruction of kindness is on her tongue.
  • Song 4:11 : 11 Your 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.
  • Song 5:13 : 13 His cheeks are like a bed of spices, towers of scented herbs. His lips are lilies dripping with flowing myrrh.
  • Song 7:9 : 9 I 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.
  • Ezek 16:63 : 63 So that you may remember and be ashamed, and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, when I forgive you for all you have done, declares the Lord GOD.
  • Matt 12:35 : 35 The good person brings out good things from the good treasure of his heart, and the evil person brings out evil things from his evil treasure.
  • Luke 4:22 : 22 Everyone spoke well of Him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from His lips. They said, 'Isn’t this Joseph’s son?'
  • 2 Cor 5:18-21 : 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
  • Eph 4:29 : 29 No foul language should come from your mouth, but only what is good for building up someone in need, so that it gives grace to those who hear.
  • Col 3:16-17 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell richly among you, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. 17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
  • Col 4:6 : 6 Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer each person.
  • Heb 9:19 : 19 For when every commandment of the law had been proclaimed by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Song 6:4-7
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    89%

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

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

    6Your teeth are like a flock of ewes coming up from the washing, all of them bearing twins, and not one of them has lost its young.

    7Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil.

  • Song 4:4-13
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    82%

    4Your neck is like the tower of David, built with layers; a thousand shields hang on it, all the shields of mighty warriors.

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

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

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

    8Come 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.

    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.

  • Song 7:1-9
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    81%

    1Come back, come back, O Shulammite! Come back, come back, that we may gaze upon you. Why should you gaze at the Shulammite as at the dance of two camps?

    2How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O noble daughter! The curves of your thighs are like ornaments crafted by the hands of a skilled artist.

    3Your navel is a rounded bowl that never lacks mixed wine. Your belly is a heap of wheat encircled by lilies.

    4Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.

    5Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, looking toward Damascus.

    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.

  • Song 4:1-2
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    1Behold, 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.

    2Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing place, each one having its twin, and there is none missing.

  • Song 5:10-16
    7 verses
    80%

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

    11His head is purest gold; his locks are wavy, black as a raven.

    12His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, washed in milk, perfectly set.

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

    14His hands are rods of gold, set with beryl. His body is polished ivory, adorned with sapphires.

    15His legs are pillars of marble, set on bases of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

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

  • Song 1:9-11
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    9I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

    10Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.

    11We will make you ornaments of gold studded with silver.

  • Ps 45:2
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    2My heart overflows with a good theme; I speak my composition to the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.

  • Song 1:2-5
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    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!

    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.

    5I am dark but lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

  • Song 1:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

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

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

  • Song 4:15
    72%

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

  • Prov 4:9
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    9She will place a garland of grace on your head; she will present you with a crown of splendor.

  • Prov 5:3
    71%

    3For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil.

  • Song 6:10
    71%

    10Who is this who looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awe-inspiring as an army with banners?

  • Lam 4:7
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    7Her nobles were purer than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than coral, their appearance like sapphires.

  • Prov 6:25
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    25Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyes.

  • Ezek 16:12
    70%

    12I put a ring on your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.