Song of Songs 3:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

By night in my bed I sought hym whom my soule loueth: yea diligently sought I him, but I found him not.

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Referenced Verses

  • Song 5:6 : 6 I opened vnto my beloued, but he was departed and gone his way: Now whe he spake, my heart was gone: I sought him, but I coulde not finde him: I cryed vpon hym, neuerthelesse he gaue me no aunswere.
  • Song 1:7 : 7 Tell me O thou whom my soule loueth, where thou feedest the sheepe, where thou makest them rest at the noone day: for why shall I be like hym that goeth wrong about the flockes of thy companions?
  • Isa 26:9 : 9 My soule hath longed for thee all the night, and with my spirite whiche is within me wyll I seeke thee early in the morning: For when thy iudgementes are in the earth, the inhabiters of the worlde shall learne righteousnesse.
  • Isa 55:6 : 6 Seke the Lorde whyle he may be founde, and call vpon hym whyle he is nye.
  • Luke 13:24 : 24 Stryue to enter in at the strayte gate: for many I say vnto you, wyll seke to enter in, and shall not be able.
  • John 21:17 : 17 He sayde vnto hym the thirde tyme: Simon Ioanna, louest thou me? Peter was sory, because he sayde vnto hym the thirde tyme, louest thou me: And he sayde vnto hym, Lorde thou knowest all thynges, thou knowest that I loue thee. Iesus sayth vnto hym: feede my sheepe.
  • 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 Whom ye haue not seene, and yet loue hym, in whom euen nowe though ye see hym not, yet do you beleue, & reioyce with ioy vnspeakeable and glorious:
  • Job 23:8-9 : 8 Behold, though I go forwarde I find him not: If I go backwarde, I can get no knowledge of hym: 9 If I go on the left side where he doth his worke, I can not attayne vnto him: Againe, if I go on the right side, he hydeth him selfe that I can not see hym.
  • Ps 4:4 : 4 Be ye angry, but sinne not: commune with your owne heart in your chaumber, and be styll. Selah.
  • Ps 6:6 : 6 I am weerie of my groning: I washe my bed euery nyght, and I water my coutche with my teares.
  • Ps 22:2 : 2 O my God I crye all the day tyme, and in the night season, and I ceasse not: but thou hearest not.
  • Ps 63:6-8 : 6 Haue I not remembred thee in my bed: and thought vpon thee when I was waking? 7 Because thou hast ben my helper: therfore vnder the shadowe of thy wynges do I reioyce. 8 My soule cleaueth fast vnto thee: thy right hande hath vpholden me.
  • Ps 77:2-4 : 2 In the tyme of my trouble I sought the Lorde: my hande all the nyght catched & ceassed not, my soule refused comfort. 3 I called to remembraunce God, and I was disquieted: I conferred with my selfe, and my spirite was wrapped in pensiuenesse. Selah. 4 Thou dydst kepe the watche of mine eies: I was amased & coulde not speake.
  • Ps 130:1-2 : 1 A song of high degrees. Out of the deepe I haue called vnto thee O God: O Lorde heare my voyce. 2 Let thine eares be attentiue: vnto the voyce of my petition for grace.
  • Song 5:8 : 8 I charge you therfore O ye daughters of Hierusalem, yf ye fynde my beloued, that ye tell hym howe that I am sicke for loue.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Song 3:2-6
    5 verses
    92%

    2I will get vp thought & go about the citie, in the wayes in all the streates wyll I seeke hym whom my soule loueth: but when I sought him I founde him not.

    3The watchmen also that go about the citie, founde me to whom I sayde Sawe ye not hym whom my soule loueth?

    4So when I was a litle past them, I founde him whom my soule loueth: I haue gotten holde vpon hym, and wyll not let him go, vntyll I bryng him into my mothers house, and into her chaumber that bare me.

    5I charge you O ye daughters of Hierusalem by the roes and hyndes of the fielde, that ye wake not vp my loue, nor touch her, till she be content her self.

    6Who is this that commeth vp out of the wyldernesse like vapours of smoke, as it were a smell of myrre, frankensence, and all maner spices of the Apothecarie?

  • Song 5:6-9
    4 verses
    83%

    6I opened vnto my beloued, but he was departed and gone his way: Now whe he spake, my heart was gone: I sought him, but I coulde not finde him: I cryed vpon hym, neuerthelesse he gaue me no aunswere.

    7So the watchmen that went about the citie, founde me, smote me, and wounded me: yea they that kept the walles toke away my kerchaffe from me.

    8I charge you therfore O ye daughters of Hierusalem, yf ye fynde my beloued, that ye tell hym howe that I am sicke for loue.

    9What maner of man is thy loue aboue other louers, O thou fairest among women? Or what can thy loue do more then other louers, that thou chargest vs so straytly?

  • Song 6:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1Whyther is thy loue gone then O thou fairest among women? whyther is thy loue departed, and we wyll seke hym with thee?

    2My loue is gone downe into his garden vnto the sweete smellyng beddes, that he may refreshe hym selfe in the garden, & gather lilies.

    3My loue is myne, and I am his, which feedeth among the lilies.

  • Prov 7:15
    76%

    15Therefore came I foorth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face, and so haue I founde thee.

  • Song 5:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2I am a sleepe, but my heart is waking: I heare the voyce of my beloued when he knocketh, saying, Open to me O my sister, my loue, my doue, my dearling: for my head is full of deawe, and the lockes of my heere are full of the nyght doppes.

    3I haue put of my coate, howe can I do it on agayne? I haue washed my feete, howe shall I fyle them agayne?

  • Song 1:7
    75%

    7Tell me O thou whom my soule loueth, where thou feedest the sheepe, where thou makest them rest at the noone day: for why shall I be like hym that goeth wrong about the flockes of thy companions?

  • Ps 77:2
    74%

    2In the tyme of my trouble I sought the Lorde: my hande all the nyght catched & ceassed not, my soule refused comfort.

  • Song 1:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13a bundell of myrre is my loue vnto me, he wyll lye betwixt my brestes:

    14a cluster of Camphire in the vineyardes of Engaddi is my loue vnto me.

  • Ps 63:6
    73%

    6Haue I not remembred thee in my bed: and thought vpon thee when I was waking?

  • Song 7:10-12
    3 verses
    73%

    10I am my beloueds, and he shall turne hym vnto me.

    11O come on my loue, we wyll go foorth into the fielde, and take our lodgyng in the villages.

    12In the mornyng wyll we go see the vineyarde, we wyll see yf the vine be sprong foorth, yf the grapes be growen, and yf the pomegranates be shot out. There will I geue thee my brestes:

  • Song 2:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9Me thinke I heare the voyce of my beloued: lo, there commeth he hopping vpon the mountaines, and leaping ouer the litle hilles.

    10My beloued is lyke a roe or a young hart: beholde he standeth behinde our wall, he looketh in at the windowe, and peepeth thorowe the grace.

  • Isa 26:9
    72%

    9My soule hath longed for thee all the night, and with my spirite whiche is within me wyll I seeke thee early in the morning: For when thy iudgementes are in the earth, the inhabiters of the worlde shall learne righteousnesse.

  • Eccl 7:28
    72%

    28which as yet I seeke, and finde it not. Among a thousande men I haue founde one: but not one woman among all.

  • Song 4:6
    72%

    6O that I might go to the mountaine of myrre, and to the hil of frankencense, til the day breake, and til the shadowes be past away.

  • Ps 132:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3Saying I wyll not enter into the tabernacle of my house: nor get vp into my bed.

    4I wyll not suffer myne eyes to slepe: nor myne eye liddes to slumber.

  • Song 8:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3His left hande shalbe vnder my head, and his ryght hande shall imbrace me.

    4I charge you O ye daughters of Hierusalem that ye wake not vp my loue, nor touche her, tyll she be content her selfe.

  • Ps 63:1
    71%

    1A psalme of Dauid when he was in the wyldernesse of Iuda. O Lorde thou art my Lorde: early in the morning I do seeke thee. My soule thirsteth for thee: my fleshe also longeth after thee in a baren and drye lande where no water is.

  • Song 2:6
    71%

    6Set about me cuppes of wine, comfort me with apples, for I am sicke of loue.

  • Ps 77:6
    71%

    6I called to remembraunce my psalme, song on the musicall instrument in the nyght tyme: I communed with myne owne heart, & searched out my spirites.

  • Prov 7:17-18
    2 verses
    71%

    17My bed haue I made to smell of Myrre, Aloes, and Cinamon.

    18Come let vs take our fill of loue vntyll the morning, and let vs solace our selues with the pleasures of loue.

  • Ps 6:6
    71%

    6I am weerie of my groning: I washe my bed euery nyght, and I water my coutche with my teares.

  • Song 8:1
    70%

    1O that I might finde thee without and kisse thee, whom I loue as my brother whiche suckt my mothers brestes, and that thou shalt not be dispised,

  • Song 2:17
    70%

    17Come agayne O my beloued, and be lyke as a roe or a young hart vpon the wyde mountaines.

  • Prov 7:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8Goyng ouer the streate by the corner in the way towarde her house

    9In the twylight of the euening, when it began nowe to be night and darke:

  • Jer 31:26
    70%

    26When I hearde this, I came agayne to my selfe, I sawe like as I had ben waked out of a sweete sleepe.

  • Prov 8:17
    70%

    17I am louing vnto those that loue me: and they that seeke me early, shall finde me.

  • Job 23:3
    70%

    3O that I might know him, and finde him, and that I might come before his seate:

  • Ps 27:8
    70%

    8My heart hath sayde vnto thee according to this thy commaundement seeke ye my face: thy face O God wyll I seeke.

  • Song 1:4
    69%

    4Drawe thou me vnto thee we wyll runne after thee. The kyng hath brought me into his priuie chaumbers: We wylbe glad and reioyce in thee, we thinke more of thy loue then of wine: they that be righteous loue thee.

  • Song 2:4
    69%

    4My delight is to sit vnder his shadowe, for his fruite is sweete vnto my throte.

  • Ps 119:10
    69%

    10I haue sought thee with my whole heart: suffer me not to swarue from thy commaundementes.

  • Job 30:17
    69%

    17My bones are pearsed through in the night season, and my sinewes take no rest.