Song of Songs 4:11

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Thy lippes, O my spouse, drop as the hony combe, yea mylke and hony is vnder thy tongue, and the smell of thy garmentes is like the smell of Libanus.

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  • Gen 27:27 : 27 And he went vnto him, & kyssed him, and he smelled the sauour of his rayment, and blessed hym, & saide: See, the smell of my sonne, is as the smell of a fielde which the Lorde hath blessed.
  • Song 5:1 : 1 I am come into my garden, O my sister, my spouse, I haue gathered my Myrre with my spice: I haue eate hony with my hony combe, I haue drunke my wine with my milke: Eate O ye frendes, drinke and be merie O ye beloued.
  • Song 5:13 : 13 His cheekes are lyke a garden bed, wherin the Apothecaries plant all maner of sweete thynges. His lippes are lyke lilies that droppe sweete smellyng Myrre:
  • Song 7:9 : 9 And thy rooffe of thy mouth lyke the best wine, which is meete for my best beloued, pleasaunt for his lippes, and for his teeth to chawe.
  • Isa 7:15 : 15 Butter and honye shall he eate, vntill he knowe to refuse the euyll and choose the good.
  • Hos 14:2 : 2 Take these wordes with you, whe ye turne to the Lorde, and say vnto him, O forgeue vs all our sinnes, receaue vs graciously, and then wyll we offer the Calues of our lippes vnto thee.
  • Hos 14:6-7 : 6 His braunches shal spreade out abrode, and be as faire as the oliue tree, & smell as Libanus. 7 They that dwell vnder his shadowe, shall returne & growe vp as the corne, and florishe as the vine: he shall haue as good a name as the wine of Libanus.
  • Heb 13:15 : 15 By hym therfore, do we offer sacrifice of laude alwayes to God: that is, the fruite of lippes confessyng his name.
  • Ps 19:10 : 10 They are more to be desired then golde, yea then much fine golde: they are also sweeter then hony and the hony combe.
  • Ps 45:8 : 8 All thy garmentes smell of Myrre, Aloes, and Cassia, out of the iuorie palaces: wherby they haue made thee glad.
  • Ps 71:14-15 : 14 As for me I wyll patiently wayte alway: and I wyll prayse thee more and more. 15 My mouth shall dayly speake of thy ryghteousnesse and saluation: for I knowe no ende therof.
  • Ps 71:23-24 : 23 My lyppes wyll be ioyfull when I syng vnto thee: and so wyll my soule which thou hast redeemed. 24 My tongue also shal talke of thy righteousnesse all the day long: for they are confounded and brought vnto shame that seke to do me euyll.
  • Prov 5:3 : 3 For the lippes of a straunge woman are a dropping hony combe, and her throte is more glistering then oyle:
  • Prov 16:24 : 24 Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refresshyng of the mynde, and health of the bones.
  • Prov 24:13-14 : 13 My sonne, eate thou hony because it is good, and the hony combe, for it is sweete vnto thy mouth: 14 So sweete shal the knowledge of wysdome be vnto thy soule when thou hast found it: and there shalbe hope, and thy hope shall not be cut of.
  • Song 4:3 : 3 Thy lippes are lyke a rose coloured ribande, thy wordes are louely, thy cheekes are like a peece of a pomegranate within thyne heeres.
  • Song 4:10 : 10 O howe fayre are thy breastes, my sister, my spouse? Thy breastes are more pleasaunt then wine, and the smell of thyne oyntmentes passeth all spices.

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  • Song 4:1-10
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    87%

    1O howe fayre art thou my loue, howe fayre art thou? thou hast doues eyes, beside that which lyeth hid within: Thy heerie lockes are lyke the wooll of a flocke of goates that be shorne vpon mount Gilead.

    2Thy teeth are like a flocke of sheepe of the same bignesse whiche went vp from the washing place, where euery one beareth two twinnes, and not one vnfruitfull among them.

    3Thy lippes are lyke a rose coloured ribande, thy wordes are louely, thy cheekes are like a peece of a pomegranate within thyne heeres.

    4Thy necke is like the towre of Dauid buylded with costly stones, lying out on the sides wherevpon there hange a thousande shieldes: yea all the weapons of the giauntes.

    5Thy two breastes are lyke two twinnes of young Roes, whiche feede among roses.

    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.

    7Thou art all fayre (O my loue) and no spot is there in thee.

    8Come to me from Libanus (O my spouse) come to me from Libanus: looke from the top of Amana, from the top of Sanir and Hermon, from the lions dennes, and from the mountaines of the leopardes.

    9Thou hast with loue bewitched my heart O my sister my spouse, thou hast bewitched my heart with one of thyne eyes, and with one chayne of thy necke.

    10O howe fayre are thy breastes, my sister, my spouse? Thy breastes are more pleasaunt then wine, and the smell of thyne oyntmentes passeth all spices.

  • Song 4:12-13
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    81%

    12A garden well locked is my sister, my spouse: a garden well locked, and a sealed well.

    13The fruites that are planted in thee, are lyke a very paradise of pomegranates with sweete fruites, as Camphire, Nardus,

  • Song 5:13
    81%

    13His cheekes are lyke a garden bed, wherin the Apothecaries plant all maner of sweete thynges. His lippes are lyke lilies that droppe sweete smellyng Myrre:

  • Song 7:6-10
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    6O Howe faire and louely art thou my dearlyng in pleasures?

    7Thy stature is lyke a paulme tree, and thy breastes lyke the grapes.

    8I sayde, I wyll climbe vp into the paulme tree, and take holde of his hye braunches. Thy breastes also shalbe as the wine clusters, the smell of thy nosethrilles like as the smell of apples.

    9And thy rooffe of thy mouth lyke the best wine, which is meete for my best beloued, pleasaunt for his lippes, and for his teeth to chawe.

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

  • Song 5:1-2
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    79%

    1I am come into my garden, O my sister, my spouse, I haue gathered my Myrre with my spice: I haue eate hony with my hony combe, I haue drunke my wine with my milke: Eate O ye frendes, drinke and be merie O ye beloued.

    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.

  • Song 4:15-16
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    79%

    15a well of gardens, a well of liuing waters which runne downe from Libanus.

    16Up thou north winde, come thou south winde and blowe vpon my garden, that the smell therof may be caryed on euery side: yea that my beloued may come into his garden, and eate of the sweete fruites that growe therein.

  • Song 1:2-4
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    2O that he would kisse me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy loue is more pleasaunt then wine,

    3and that because of the good and pleasaunt sauour of thy most precious baulmes. Thy name is a sweet smelling oyntment when it is shed foorth, therfore do the maydens loue thee.

    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 5:16
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    16The wordes of his mouth are sweete: yea he is altogether louely: Such a one is my loue O ye daughters of Hierusalem, such a one is my loue.

  • Song 1:12-16
    5 verses
    76%

    12When the king sitteth at the table, he shall smell my Nardus:

    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.

    15Oh howe fayre art thou my loue, Oh howe fayre art thou? thou hast doues eyes.

    16O howe fayre art thou my beloued, howe well fauoured art thou? Our bed is dect with flowres,

  • Prov 5:3
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    3For the lippes of a straunge woman are a dropping hony combe, and her throte is more glistering then oyle:

  • Song 7:2-4
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    2Thy nauell is lyke a rounde goblet, which is neuer without drynke. Thy wombe is like a heape of wheate that is set about with lilies.

    3Thy two breastes are lyke two twinnes of young roes.

    4Thy necke is as it were a towre of iuorie: thine eyes also are lyke the water pooles that are in Hesebon, beside the port of Bathrabbim, thy nose is lyke the towre of Libanus, which loketh towarde Damascus.

  • Song 2:10
    73%

    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.

  • Song 6:2-5
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    73%

    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.

    4Thou are beautifull O my loue as is the place Thirza, thou art faire as Hierusalem, fearefull as an armie of men with their banners.

    5Turne away thine eyes from me, for they haue set me on fire: Thy heery lockes are lyke a flocke of goates shorne vpon the mount of Gilead.

  • Song 8:14
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    14O get thee away my loue, and be as a roe or a young hart vpon the sweete smellyng mountaynes.

  • Prov 5:19
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    19Let her be as the louyng Hinde and pleasaunt Roe: let her breastes alway satisfie thee, and holde thee euer content with her loue.

  • Song 2:3
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    3Like as the apple tree among the trees of the wood: so is my beloued among the sonnes.

  • Song 1:9-10
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    72%

    9Unto the hoast of Pharaos charets haue I compared thee, O my loue.

    10Thy cheekes and thy necke is beautifull as the turtles, and hanged with spanges and goodly iewels,

  • Song 2:16
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    16My loue is mine, & I am his, whiche feedeth among the lillies vntill the day breake, and till the shadowes be gone:

  • Song 2:13-14
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    13The figge tree bryngeth foorth her figges, and the vines beare blossomes and haue a good smell.

    14O stande vp then and come my loue my beautifull, and come I say O my doue, out of the caues of the rockes, out of the holes of the wall, O let me see thy countenaunce and heare thy voyce: for sweete is thy voyce, and fayre is thy face.

  • Song 3:6
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    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 7:12
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    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: