Song of Songs 6:11

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I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see whether the vines had budded, whether the pomegranates were in bloom.

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  • Song 7:12 : 12 Come, my beloved, let us go out into the fields; let us lodge in the villages.
  • Isa 5:2-4 : 2 He dug it and cleared it of stones and planted it with the choicest vines. He built a tower in its center and also carved out a winepress in it. He hoped it would produce good grapes, but it yielded only wild ones. 3 Now then, you inhabitants of Jerusalem and people of Judah, judge between me and my vineyard. 4 What more could I have done for my vineyard than I have already done? Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes, did it yield only wild ones?
  • Mark 11:13 : 13 Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. But when he came to it, he found nothing except leaves, because it was not the season for figs.
  • Luke 13:7 : 7 He said to the gardener, 'For three years I’ve been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and haven’t found any. Cut it down! Why should it use up the soil?'
  • John 15:16 : 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.
  • Acts 15:36 : 36 After some days, Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us return and visit the brothers in every city where we have proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing."
  • Gen 2:9 : 9 The LORD God caused every tree that is beautiful in appearance and good for food to grow out of the ground, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
  • Ps 92:12-15 : 12 My eyes will see the fall of my enemies; my ears will hear the downfall of my wicked foes who rise against me. 13 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree; they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon. 14 Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. 15 They will still bear fruit in old age; they will stay fresh and green.
  • Song 4:12-15 : 12 A locked garden is my sister, my bride—an enclosed spring, a sealed fountain. 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. 15 You are a spring of gardens, a well of fresh water, flowing streams from Lebanon.
  • Song 5:1 : 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.
  • Song 6:2 : 2 My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens and to gather lilies.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

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    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 6:1-3
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    1Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?

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

  • Song 4:12-13
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  • Song 7:6-8
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    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.

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    12Before I realized it, my desire set me among the chariots of my noble people.

  • Eccl 2:5-6
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    5I made gardens and parks for myself and planted in them all kinds of fruit trees.

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  • Song 5:1-2
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    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 4:15-16
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    15You are a spring of gardens, a well of fresh water, flowing streams from Lebanon.

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  • Song 2:3
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    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.

  • Song 6:10
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    10Who is this who looks down like the dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awe-inspiring as an army with banners?

  • Song 2:13-14
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    13The fig tree ripens its early fruit; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.

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  • Song 4:6
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  • Prov 7:6
    72%

    6For at the window of my house, through my lattice, I looked out.

  • Isa 5:1
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    1Let me sing now for my beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill.

  • Song 1:14
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  • Song 1:6-8
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  • Song 5:5-7
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  • Song 3:2-4
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    71%

    2I 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.

    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.

  • Song 8:13
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    13You who dwell in the gardens, your companions are listening to your voice; let me hear it.

  • Song 8:2
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  • Song 8:5
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    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 3:6
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    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?

  • Song 6:7
    69%

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

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

  • Ps 80:11-12
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  • Song 6:5
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    5Turn your eyes away from me, for they overwhelm me. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Gilead.

  • Song 8:10
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  • Song 3:11
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  • Prov 24:30
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