Song of Songs 1:16

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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
    83%

    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%

    1¶ Behold, 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
    5 verses
    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.

    8¶ Come 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%

    8¶ The 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%

    1¶ Whither 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.

    4¶ Thou [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.

    14¶ O 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%

    15¶ A 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%

    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.

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

  • Song 1:7-9
    3 verses
    74%

    7¶ Tell 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
    2 verses
    74%

    13¶ Thou 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%

    9¶ What [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%

    10¶ I [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%

    1¶ I 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.

    2¶ I 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?