Song of Songs 1:3

Geneva Bible (1560)

Because of the sauour of thy good ointments thy name is as an ointment powred out: therefore the virgins loue thee.

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  • Eccl 7:1 : 1 (7:3) A good name is better then a good oyntment, and the day of death, then the day that one is borne.
  • John 12:3 : 3 Then tooke Mary a pound of oyntment of Spikenarde very costly, and anoynted Iesus feete, and wiped his feete with her heare, and the house was filled with the sauour of the oyntment.
  • Ps 45:14 : 14 She shalbe brought vnto the King in raiment of needle worke: the virgins that follow after her, and her companions shall be brought vnto thee.
  • Song 4:10 : 10 My sister, my spouse, how faire is thy loue? howe much better is thy loue then wine? and the sauour of thine oyntments then all spices?
  • Exod 30:23-28 : 23 Take thou also vnto thee, principall spices of the most pure myrrhe fiue hundreth shekels, of sweete cinamon halfe so much, that is, two hundreth and fiftie, and of sweete calamus, two hundreth, and fiftie: 24 Also of cassia fiue hundreth, after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, & of oyle oliue an Hin. 25 So thou shalt make of it the oyle of holie oyntment, euen a most precious oyntment after the arte of the Apothecarie: this shalbe the oyle of holy oyntment. 26 And thou shalt anoynt the Tabernacle of the Congregation therewith, and the Arke of the Testimonie: 27 Also the Table, & al the instruments thereof, and the Candlesticke, with all the instruments thereof, and the altar of incense: 28 Also the Altar of burnt offring with al his instruments, and the lauer and his foote.
  • Exod 33:12 : 12 Then Moses sayde vnto the Lorde, See, thou sayest vnto me, Leade this people forth, and thou hast not shewed me whom thou wilt sende with mee: thou hast sayde moreouer, I knowe thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight.
  • Exod 33:19 : 19 And he answered, I wil make all my good go before thee, and I wil proclaime the Name of the Lord before thee: for I will shewe mercy to whom I will shewe mercy, and will haue compassion on whom I will haue compassion.
  • Exod 34:5-7 : 5 And the Lorde descended in the cloude, and stoode with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. 6 So the Lord passed before his face, and cried, The Lord, the Lord, strong, mercifull, & gracious, slowe to anger, and abundant in goodnesse and trueth, 7 Reseruing mercy for thousands, forgiuing iniquitie, and transgression and sinne, and not making the wicked innocent, visiting the iniquitie of the fathers vpon ye children, & vpon childrens children, vnto the third and fourth generation.
  • Ps 45:7-8 : 7 Thou louest righteousnes, and hatest wickednesse, because God, euen thy God hath anoynted thee with the oyle of gladnes aboue thy fellowes. 8 All thy garments smell of myrrhe & aloes, and cassia, when thou commest out of the yuorie palaces, where they haue made thee glad.
  • Ps 89:15-16 : 15 Blessed is the people, that can reioyce in thee: they shall walke in the light of thy countenance, O Lord. 16 They shall reioyce continually in thy Name, and in thy righteousnes shall they exalt them selues.
  • Ps 133:2 : 2 It is like to the precious oyntment vpon the head, that runneth downe vpon the beard, euen vnto Aarons beard, which went downe on the border of his garments:
  • Prov 27:9 : 9 As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.
  • Song 5:5 : 5 I rose vp to open to my welbeloued, and mine hands did drop downe myrrhe, and my fingers pure myrrhe vpon the handels of the barre.
  • Song 5:13 : 13 His cheekes are as a bedde of spices, and as sweete flowres, and his lippes like lilies dropping downe pure myrrhe.
  • Song 6:8 : 8 There are threescore Queenes and fourescore concubines & of the damsels without nober.
  • Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For vnto vs a childe is borne, and vnto vs a Sonne is giuen: and the gouernement is vpon his shoulder, and he shall call his name Wonderfull, Counseller, The mightie God, The euerlasting Father, The prince of peace, 7 The increase of his gouernement & peace shall haue none end: he shall sit vpon the throne of Dauid, and vpon his kingdome, to order it, and to stablish it with iudgement and with iustice, from hencefoorth, euen for euer: the zeale of the Lord of hostes will performe this.
  • Isa 61:3 : 3 To appoint vnto them that mourne in Zion, and to giue vnto them beautie for ashes, the oyle of ioye for mourning, the garment of gladnesse for the spirit of heauinesse, that they might be called trees of righteousnesse, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
  • Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Behold, The dayes come, saith the Lord, that I will raise vnto Dauid a righteous branche, and a King shal reigne, and prosper, and shall execute iudgement, and iustice in the earth. 6 In his dayes Iudah shalbe saued, and Israel shall dwell safely, and this is the Name wherby they shall call him, The Lorde our righteousnesse.
  • Matt 1:21-23 : 21 And she shall bring foorth a sonne, and thou shalt call his name Iesvs: for hee shall saue his people from their sinnes. 22 And al this was done that it might be fulfilled, which is spoken of the Lord by ye Prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a virgine shalbe with childe, and shall beare a sonne, & they shal call his name Emmanuel, which is by interpretation, God with vs.
  • Matt 25:1 : 1 Then ye kingdome of heauen shalbe likened vnto tenne virgins, which tooke their lampes, and went foorth to meete the bridegrome.
  • 2 Cor 2:14-16 : 14 Now thankes be vnto God, which alwaies maketh vs to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the sauour of his knowledge by vs in euery place. 15 For wee are vnto God the sweete sauour of Christ, in them that are saued, and in them which perish. 16 To the one we are the sauour of death, vnto death, and to the other the sauour of life, vnto life: and who is sufficient for these things?
  • 2 Cor 11:2 : 2 For I am ielous ouer you, with godly ielousie: for I haue prepared you for one husband, to present you as a pure virgine to Christ:
  • Phil 2:9-9 : 9 Wherefore God hath also highly exalted him, and giuen him a Name aboue euery name, 10 That at the Name of Iesus shoulde euery knee bowe, both of things in heauen, and things in earth, and things vnder the earth,
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 Now I haue receiued all, and haue plentie: I was euen filled, after that I had receiued of Epaphroditus that which came from you, an odour that smelleth sweete, a sacrifice acceptable and pleasant to God.
  • Rev 14:4 : 4 These are they, which are not defiled with women: for they are virgins: these followe the Lambe whithersoeuer he goeth: these are bought from men, being the first fruites vnto God, and to the Lambe.
  • Song 3:6 : 6 Who is shee that commeth vp out of the wildernes like pillars of smoke perfumed with myrrhe and incense, and with all the spices of the marchant?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Song 1:1-2
    2 verses
    85%

    1An excellent song which was Salomons.

    2Let him kisse me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy loue is better then wine.

  • Song 1:4
    85%

    4Drawe me: we will runne after thee: the King hath brought me into his chabers: we will reioyce and be glad in thee: we will remember thy loue more then wine: the righteous do loue thee.

  • Song 4:9-15
    7 verses
    83%

    9My sister, my spouse, thou hast wounded mine heart: thou hast wounded mine heart with one of thine eyes, and with a chaine of thy necke.

    10My sister, my spouse, how faire is thy loue? howe much better is thy loue then wine? and the sauour of thine oyntments then all spices?

    11Thy lippes, my spouse, droppe as honie combes: honie and milke are vnder thy tongue, and the sauoure of thy garments is as the sauoure of Lebanon.

    12My sister my spouse is as a garden inclosed, as a spring shut vp, and a fountaine sealed vp.

    13Thy plantes are as an orchard of pomegranates with sweete fruites, as camphire, spikenarde,

    14Euen spikenarde, and saffran, calamus, and cynamon with all the trees of incense, myrrhe and aloes, with all the chiefe spices.

    15O fountaine of the gardens, O well of liuing waters, and the springs of Lebanon.

  • Song 7:5-7
    3 verses
    78%

    5Thine head vpon thee is as skarlet, and the bush of thine head like purple: the King is tyed in the rafters.

    6Howe faire art thou, and howe pleasant art thou, O my loue, in pleasures!

    7This thy stature is like a palme tree, and thy brestes like clusters.

  • Song 3:5-6
    2 verses
    77%

    5I charge you, O daughters of Ierusalem, by the roes and by the hindes of the fielde, that ye stirre not vp, nor waken my loue vntill she please.

    6Who is shee that commeth vp out of the wildernes like pillars of smoke perfumed with myrrhe and incense, and with all the spices of the marchant?

  • Ps 45:8
    77%

    8All thy garments smell of myrrhe & aloes, and cassia, when thou commest out of the yuorie palaces, where they haue made thee glad.

  • Song 1:12-15
    4 verses
    77%

    12Whiles the King was at his repast, my spikenard gaue the smell thereof.

    13My welbeloued is as a bundle of myrrhe vnto me: he shall lie betweene my breasts.

    14My welbeloued is as a cluster of camphire vnto me in the vines of Engedi.

    15My loue, beholde, thou art faire: beholde, thou art faire: thine eyes are like the doues.

  • Song 5:16
    76%

    16His mouth is as sweete thinges, and hee is wholy delectable: this is my welbeloued, and this is my louer, O daughters of Ierusalem.

  • Song 5:13
    75%

    13His cheekes are as a bedde of spices, and as sweete flowres, and his lippes like lilies dropping downe pure myrrhe.

  • Song 4:5-7
    3 verses
    74%

    5Thy two breastes are as two young roes that are twinnes, feeding among the lilies.

    6Vntill the day breake, and the shadowes flie away, I wil go into the mountaine of myrrhe and to the mountaine of incense.

    7Thou art all faire, my loue, and there is no spot in thee.

  • Song 1:7-10
    4 verses
    74%

    7Shewe me, O thou, whome my soule loueth, where thou feedest, where thou liest at noone: for why should I be as she that turneth aside to the flockes of thy companions?

    8If thou knowe not, O thou the fairest among women, get thee foorth by the steps of the flocke, and feede thy kiddes by the tents of the shepheards.

    9I haue compared thee, O my loue, to the troupe of horses in the charets of Pharaoh.

    10Thy cheekes are comely with rowes of stones, and thy necke with chaines.

  • Song 5:9
    74%

    9O the fairest among women, what is thy welbeloued more then other welbeloued? what is thy welbeloued more then another louer, that thou doest so charge vs?

  • Song 6:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1O the fairest among women, whither is thy welbeloued gone? whither is thy welbeloued turned aside, that we may seeke him with thee?

    2My welbeloued is gone downe into his garden to the beds of spices, to feede in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

  • Song 5:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I gathered my myrrhe with my spice: I ate mine hony combe with mine hony, I dranke my wine with my milke: eate, O friends, drinke, and make you mery, O welbeloued.

    2I sleepe, but mine heart waketh, it is the voyce of my welbeloued that knocketh, saying, Open vnto mee, my sister, my loue, my doue, my vndefiled: for mine head is full of dewe, and my lockes with the droppes of the night.

  • Song 4:1
    73%

    1Beholde, thou art faire, my loue: behold, thou art faire: thine eyes are like the doues: among thy lockes thine heare is like the flocke of goates, which looke downe from the mountaine of Gilead.

  • Song 7:9-10
    2 verses
    73%

    9And the roufe of thy mouth like good wine, which goeth straight to my welbeloued, and causeth the lippes of the ancient to speake.

    10I am my welbeloueds, and his desire is toward mee.

  • Song 2:10
    73%

    10My welbeloued spake and said vnto me, Arise, my loue, my faire one, and come thy way.

  • Song 8:14
    73%

    14O my welbeloued, flee away, and be like vnto the roe, or to the yong harte vpon ye mountaines of spices.

  • Song 2:2
    72%

    2Like a lilie amog the thornes, so is my loue among the daughters.

  • Song 2:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13The figtree hath brought foorth her yong figges: and the vines with their small grapes haue cast a sauour: arise my loue, my faire one, and come away.

    14My doue, that art in the holes of ye rocke, in the secret places of the staires, shewe mee thy sight, let mee heare thy voyce: for thy voyce is sweete, and thy sight comely.

  • Ps 45:2
    72%

    2Thou art fayrer then the children of men: grace is powred in thy lips, because God hath blessed thee for euer.

  • Song 6:9
    72%

    9But my doue is alone, and my vndefiled, she is the onely daughter of her mother, and shee is deare to her that bare her: the daughters haue seene her & counted her blessed: euen the Queenes and the concubines, and they haue praised her.

  • Song 6:4
    72%

    4Thou art beautifull, my loue, as Tirzah, comely as Ierusale, terrible as an army with baners.

  • Prov 7:17
    72%

    17I haue perfumed my bedde with myrrhe, aloes, and cynamom.

  • Ps 133:2
    72%

    2It is like to the precious oyntment vpon the head, that runneth downe vpon the beard, euen vnto Aarons beard, which went downe on the border of his garments:

  • Song 7:12-13
    2 verses
    71%

    12Let vs get vp early to the vines, let vs see if the vine florish, whether it hath budded the small grape, or whether the pomegranates florish: there will I giue thee my loue.

    13The mandrakes haue giuen a smell, and in our gates are all sweete things, new and olde: my welbeloued, I haue kept them for thee.

  • Song 5:5
    71%

    5I rose vp to open to my welbeloued, and mine hands did drop downe myrrhe, and my fingers pure myrrhe vpon the handels of the barre.