Song of Songs 4:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

Your lips are like a thread of scarlet, and your speech is lovely: your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within your locks.

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  • Song 6:7 : 7 Your temples within your locks are like a piece of a pomegranate.
  • Josh 2:18 : 18 Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you let us down by: and you shall bring your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father's household, home unto you.
  • Song 5:16 : 16 His mouth is most sweet: yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
  • Gen 32:10 : 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two groups.
  • Lev 14:4 : 4 Then the priest shall command to take for the one who is to be cleansed two living and clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:
  • Lev 14:6 : 6 As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:
  • Lev 14:49-52 : 49 And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: 50 And he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water: 51 And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times: 52 And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:
  • Num 4:8 : 8 And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the poles.
  • Num 19:6 : 6 And the priest shall take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet, and throw it into the midst of the burning heifer.
  • Ezra 9:6 : 6 And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass has grown up to the heavens.
  • Ps 37:30 : 30 The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice.
  • Ps 45:2 : 2 You are more beautiful than the children of men: grace is poured into your lips: therefore God has blessed you forever.
  • Ps 119:13 : 13 With my lips I have declared all the judgments of Your mouth.
  • Prov 10:13 : 13 In the lips of one who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of one who is void of understanding.
  • Prov 10:20-21 : 20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver, the heart of the wicked is of little worth. 21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.
  • Prov 16:21-24 : 21 The wise in heart shall be called prudent, and the sweetness of the lips increases learning. 22 Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly. 23 The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips. 24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones.
  • Prov 31:26 : 26 She opens her mouth with wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness.
  • Song 4:11 : 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.
  • Song 5:13 : 13 His cheeks are like a bed of spices, like sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet-smelling myrrh.
  • Song 7:9 : 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.
  • Ezek 16:63 : 63 That you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame, when I am pacified toward you for all that you have done, says the Lord GOD.
  • Matt 12:35 : 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things.
  • Luke 4:22 : 22 And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is this not Joseph's son?
  • 2 Cor 5:18-21 : 18 And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 That is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their sins against them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For he made him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
  • Eph 4:29 : 29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
  • Col 3:16-17 : 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
  • Col 4:6 : 6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
  • Heb 9:19 : 19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the book itself and all the people,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Song 6:4-7
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    4You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.

    5Turn your eyes away from me, for they overwhelm me. Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Gilead.

    6Your teeth are like a flock of sheep which come up from the washing; every one has twins, and none is barren among them.

    7Your temples within your locks are like a piece of a pomegranate.

  • Song 4:4-13
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    4Your neck is like the tower of David, built for an armory, where hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

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

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

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

    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.

    9You have ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; you have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck.

    10How 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!

    11Your 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.

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

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

  • Song 7:1-9
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    1How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince's daughter! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a skillful craftsman.

    2Your navel is like a round goblet that lacks no wine; your belly is like a heap of wheat encircled with lilies.

    3Your two breasts are like two young gazelles that are twins.

    4Your neck is like a tower of ivory; your eyes like the pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.

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

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

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

    8I said, I will climb the palm tree, I will take hold of its branches. Now let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the fragrance of your breath like apples;

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

  • Song 4:1-2
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    1Behold, 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.

    2Your teeth are like a flock of sheep that are evenly shorn, which came up from the washing; every one of them bears twins, and none is barren among them.

  • Song 5:10-16
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    10My beloved is white and ruddy, the chief among ten thousand.

    11His head is like the finest gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.

    12His eyes are like the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

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

    14His hands are like gold rings set with beryl: his body is like bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.

    15His legs are like pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

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

  • Song 1:9-11
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    9I have compared you, my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

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

    11We will make you borders of gold with studs of silver.

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

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

    3Because of the fragrance of your good ointments, your name is like ointment poured out; therefore, the maidens love you.

    4Draw 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.

    5I am dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

  • Song 1:14-15
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    72%

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

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

  • Song 4:15
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    15A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

  • Prov 4:9
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    9She will give to your head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory she will deliver to you.

  • Prov 5:3
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    3For the lips of a strange woman drip as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:

  • Song 6:10
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    10Who is she who looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and awesome as an army with banners?

  • Lam 4:7
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    7Her Nazirites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their appearance was like sapphire.

  • Prov 6:25
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    25Do not lust after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids.

  • Ezek 16:12
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    12And I put a jewel on your forehead, and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.