Song of Songs 5:16

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

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  • 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.
  • Song 7:9 : 9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.
  • Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
  • Jer 3:20 : 20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD.
  • Jer 15:16 : 16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
  • Hos 3:1 : 1 Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
  • Gal 2:20 : 20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
  • Phil 3:8 : 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,
  • Jas 2:23 : 23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
  • Jas 4:4 : 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
  • 1 Pet 2:6-7 : 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. 7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
  • Ps 89:6 : 6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
  • Ps 119:103 : 103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
  • Ps 148:13 : 13 Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven.
  • Song 1:2 : 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
  • Song 1:16 : 16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
  • Song 2:1 : 1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
  • 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 2:16 : 16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
  • Song 6:3 : 3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
  • Ps 19:10 : 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

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  • Song 1:2-5
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    2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

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

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

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    2As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

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    3Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

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    9My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.