Song of Songs 1:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

Because of the fragrance of your good ointments, your name is like ointment poured out; therefore, the maidens love you.

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  • Eccl 7:1 : 1 A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death is better than the day of one's birth.
  • John 12:3 : 3 Then Mary took a pound of very costly spikenard ointment, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.
  • Ps 45:14 : 14 She shall be brought to the king in robes of needlework: the virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.
  • Song 4:10 : 10 How fair is your love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is your love than wine! and the fragrance of your ointments than all spices!
  • Exod 30:23-28 : 23 Take also for yourself principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half as much, two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet cane two hundred and fifty shekels, 24 And of cassia five hundred shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil: 25 And you shall make of it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil. 26 And you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting with it, and the ark of the testimony, 27 And the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, 28 And the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base.
  • Exod 33:12 : 12 And Moses said to the LORD, See, you say to me, 'Bring up this people: and you have not let me know whom you will send with me.' Yet you have said, 'I know you by name, and you have also found grace in my sight.'
  • Exod 33:19 : 19 And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
  • Exod 34:5-7 : 5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth," 7 "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."
  • Ps 45:7-8 : 7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your companions. 8 All your garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, by which they have made you glad.
  • Ps 89:15-16 : 15 Blessed is the people who know the joyful sound; they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance. 16 In your name they shall rejoice all the day; and in your righteousness they shall be exalted.
  • Ps 133:2 : 2 It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, even Aaron's beard, coming down upon the edge of his garments;
  • Prov 27:9 : 9 Ointment and perfume make the heart rejoice; so does the sweetness of a man's friend through earnest counsel.
  • Song 5:5 : 5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet-smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
  • Song 5:13 : 13 His cheeks are like a bed of spices, like sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet-smelling myrrh.
  • Song 6:8 : 8 There are sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and virgins without number.
  • Isa 9:6-7 : 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there will 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 now on even forever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
  • Isa 61:3 : 3 To appoint to those who mourn in Zion, to give them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that He might be glorified.
  • Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, that I will raise up to David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely. And this is his name by which he shall be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
  • Matt 1:21-23 : 21 And she shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. 22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
  • Matt 25:1 : 1 Then the kingdom of heaven shall be compared to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
  • 2 Cor 2:14-16 : 14 Now thanks be to God, who always leads us to triumph in Christ, and reveals the fragrance of His knowledge by us in every place. 15 For we are to God the sweet aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing. 16 To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is adequate for these things?
  • 2 Cor 11:2 : 2 For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy: for I have betrothed you to one husband, that I may present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
  • Phil 2:9-9 : 9 Therefore God also has highly exalted him and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and those on earth, and those under the earth;
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 But I have all and abound; I am full, having received from Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, a sweet-smelling aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
  • Rev 14:4 : 4 These are they who were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
  • Song 3:6 : 6 Who is this coming out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders of the merchant?

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    1 The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's.

    2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth, for your love is better than wine.

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    4 Draw me, we will run after you; the king has brought me into his chambers. We will be glad and rejoice in you, we will remember your love more than wine; the upright love you.

  • Song 4:9-15
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    9 You have ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; you have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.

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

    11 Your lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under your tongue; and the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.

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

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

    14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

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

  • Song 7:5-7
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    5 Your head crowns you like Carmel, and the hair of your head is like purple; the king is held captive by your locks.

    6 How fair and how pleasant you are, O love, for delights!

    7 This stature of yours is like a palm tree, and your breasts like clusters of fruit.

  • Song 3:5-6
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    5 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles, and by the hinds of the field, that you do not stir up nor awaken my love until he pleases.

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    8 All your garments smell of myrrh, aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, by which they have made you glad.

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    12 While the king sits at his table, my spikenard sends forth its fragrance.

    13 A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me; he shall lie all night between my breasts.

    14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms in the vineyards of Engedi.

    15 Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have doves' eyes.

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

  • Song 5:13
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    13 His cheeks are like a bed of spices, like sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet-smelling myrrh.

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    5 Your two breasts are like two young deer that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

    6 Until the day breaks, and the shadows flee away, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

    7 You are all fair, my love; there is no spot in you.

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    7 Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, where you feed, where you make your flock to rest at noon. Why should I be like one who turns aside by the flocks of your companions?

    8 If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow the trail of the flock, and feed your young goats beside the shepherds' tents.

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

    10 Your cheeks are lovely with rows of jewels, your neck with chains of gold.

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    9 What is your beloved more than another beloved, O fairest among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you so charge us?

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    1 Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned aside? That we may seek him with you.

    2 My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

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    1 I have 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, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved.

    2 I sleep, but my heart wakes: it is the voice of my beloved that knocks, 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.

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    1 Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have dove's eyes within your locks: your hair is like a flock of goats, appearing from Mount Gilead.

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    9 And the roof of your mouth like the best wine for my beloved, flowing gently, causing the lips of those who are asleep to speak.

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

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    10 My beloved spoke and said to me, 'Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.'

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    14 Make haste, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young deer on the mountains of spices.

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

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

    14 O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for sweet is your voice, and your countenance is lovely.

  • Ps 45:2
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    2 You are more beautiful than the children of men: grace is poured into your lips: therefore God has blessed you forever.

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

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    4 You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.

  • Prov 7:17
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    17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

  • Ps 133:2
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    2 It is like the precious oil upon the head, running down on the beard, even Aaron's beard, coming down upon the edge of his garments;

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    12 Let us rise early to the vineyards, let us see if the vine has flourished, if the tender grapes appear, and the pomegranates blossom. There I will give you my love.

    13 The mandrakes give off a fragrance, and at our gates are all kinds of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.

  • Song 5:5
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    5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet-smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.