Song of Songs 5:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

His mouth is most sweet: yes, 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 You are more beautiful than the children of men: grace is poured into your lips: therefore God has blessed you forever.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Jer 3:20 : 20 Surely, as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so have you dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, says the LORD.
  • Jer 15:16 : 16 Your words were found, and I ate them; and your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, O LORD God of hosts.
  • Hos 3:1 : 1 Then the LORD said to me, Go again, love a woman loved by her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.
  • Gal 2:20 : 20 I have been crucified with Christ; nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.
  • Phil 3:8 : 8 Indeed, I count all things as loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ,
  • Jas 2:23 : 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness. And he was called the Friend of God.
  • Jas 4:4 : 4 You adulterers and adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wants to be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
  • 1 Pet 2:6-7 : 6 Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious, and he who believes on Him will by no means be put to shame. 7 Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, the stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone,
  • Ps 89:6 : 6 For who in the heavens can be compared to the LORD? Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD?
  • Ps 119:103 : 103 How sweet are Your words to my taste, 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 your love is better than wine.
  • Song 1:16 : 16 Behold, you are fair, my beloved, yes, 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 forest, 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 feeds among the lilies.
  • Song 6:3 : 3 I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies.
  • Ps 19:10 : 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

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

  • Song 5:8-13
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    8I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am lovesick.

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

    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.

  • Song 7:9-10
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    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.

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

  • Song 5:1-2
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    1I 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.

    2I 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.

  • Song 1:2-5
    4 verses
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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 7:6
    78%

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

  • Song 2:16
    78%

    16My beloved is mine, and I am his; he feeds among the lilies.

  • Song 4:6-12
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    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.

  • Song 1:13-15
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    13A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me; he shall lie all night between my breasts.

    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 2:6-10
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    77%

    6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me.

    7I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the does of the field, that you not stir up nor awaken my love until he pleases.

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

    9My beloved is like a gazelle or a young deer. Behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice.

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

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

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

    3I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine; he grazes among the lilies.

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

  • Song 2:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

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

    3As the apple tree among the trees of the forest, 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 3:4-6
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    74%

    4It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her who conceived me.

    5I 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.

    6Who is this coming out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders of the merchant?

  • Song 4:15-16
    2 verses
    74%

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

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

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

  • Song 4:3
    73%

    3Your lips are like a thread of scarlet, and your speech is lovely: your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within your locks.

  • Song 4:1
    73%

    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.

  • Song 1:7
    73%

    7Tell 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?

  • Song 8:4
    73%

    4I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not stir up or awaken my love until he pleases.

  • Song 2:14
    73%

    14O 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.

  • Song 6:9
    73%

    9My 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.