Song of Songs 1:16

King James Version 1611 (Original)

Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

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Referenced Verses

  • Song 2:3 : 3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
  • Song 3:7 : 7 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
  • Song 5:10-16 : 10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. 11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. 12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. 13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. 14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. 15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. 16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
  • Zech 9:17 : 17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
  • Phil 3:8-9 : 8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, 9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
  • Rev 5:11-13 : 11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; 12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. 13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
  • Ps 45:2 : 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
  • Ps 110:3 : 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Song 1:13-15
    3 verses
    85%

    13A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

    14My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

    15Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.

  • Song 1:17
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    17The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

  • Song 7:5-7
    3 verses
    81%

    5Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.

    6How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!

    7This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.

  • Song 4:1
    80%

    1Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

  • Song 4:6-10
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    78%

    6Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

    7Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

    8Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

    9Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

    10How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

  • Song 2:8-10
    3 verses
    78%

    8The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

    9My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

    10My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

  • Song 6:1-5
    5 verses
    76%

    1Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.

    2My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

    3I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.

    4Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.

    5Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

  • Song 2:13-14
    2 verses
    76%

    13The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

    14O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

  • Song 4:15-16
    2 verses
    75%

    15A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

    16Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

  • Song 2:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

    4He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

  • Song 1:7-9
    3 verses
    74%

    7Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

    8If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

    9I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

  • Song 2:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

    17Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.

  • Song 8:13-14
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    74%

    13Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.

    14Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.

  • Song 5:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?

    10My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.

  • Song 7:10-13
    4 verses
    74%

    10I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.

    11Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

    12Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.

    13The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

  • Song 1:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

    5I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

  • Prov 7:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

    18Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

  • Song 4:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

    13Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,

  • Song 5:16
    72%

    16His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

  • Song 5:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

    2I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

  • Song 6:10
    71%

    10Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?