Song of Songs 2:5

World English Bible (2000)

Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am faint with love.

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Referenced Verses

  • Song 5:8 : 8 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends
  • Hos 3:1 : 1 Yahweh said to me, "Go again, love a woman loved by another, and an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins."
  • 2 Sam 6:19 : 19 He dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to everyone a cake of bread, and a portion [of flesh], and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed everyone to his house.
  • 2 Sam 13:1-2 : 1 It happened after this, that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. 2 Amnon was so troubled that he fell sick because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her.
  • 1 Chr 16:3 : 3 He dealt to everyone of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a portion [of flesh], and a cake of raisins.
  • Ps 4:6-7 : 6 Many say, "Who will show us any good?" Yahweh, let the light of your face shine on us. 7 You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.
  • Ps 42:1-2 : 1 As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
  • Ps 63:1-3 : 1 God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water. 2 So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory. 3 Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.
  • Ps 63:8 : 8 My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.
  • Ps 119:130-131 : 130 The entrance of your words gives light. It gives understanding to the simple. 131 I opened my mouth wide and panted, for I longed for your commandments.
  • Luke 24:32 : 32 They said one to another, "Weren't our hearts burning within us, while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?"
  • Phil 1:23 : 23 But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
  • Song 7:8 : 8 I said, "I will climb up into the palm tree. I will take hold of its fruit." Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the smell of your breath like apples, Beloved
  • Isa 26:8-9 : 8 Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, have we waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul. 9 With my soul have I desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

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  • Song 2:3-4
    2 verses
    85%

    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, his fruit was sweet to my taste.

    4 He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.

  • Song 2:6-7
    2 verses
    80%

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

    7 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.

  • Song 8:2-5
    4 verses
    76%

    2 I would lead you, bringing you into my mother's house, who would instruct me. I would have you drink spiced wine, of the juice of my pomegranate.

    3 His left hand would be under my head. His right hand would embrace me.

    4 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires. Friends

    5 Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I aroused you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.

  • Song 5:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Friends Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved. Beloved

    2 I was asleep, but my heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who knocks: "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with dew, and my hair with the dampness of the night."

  • Song 1:2
    75%

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

  • Song 1:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.

    14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi. Lover

  • Song 5:6-8
    3 verses
    75%

    6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left; and had gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn't find him. I called him, but he didn't answer.

    7 The watchmen who go about the city found me. They beat me. They bruised me. The keepers of the walls took my cloak away from me.

    8 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends

  • Song 1:4
    74%

    4 Take me away with you. Let us hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. Friends We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! Beloved They are right to love you.

  • Song 2:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart. Behold, he stands behind our wall! He looks in at the windows. He glances through the lattice.

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

  • Song 7:6-13
    8 verses
    74%

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

    7 This, your stature, is like a palm tree, your breasts like its fruit.

    8 I said, "I will climb up into the palm tree. I will take hold of its fruit." Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the smell of your breath like apples, Beloved

    9 Your mouth like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.

    10 I am my beloved's. His desire is toward me.

    11 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field. Let us lodge in the villages.

    12 Let's go early up to the vineyards. Let's see whether the vine has budded, its blossom is open, and the pomegranates are in flower. There I will give you my love.

    13 The mandrakes give forth fragrance. At our doors are all kinds of precious fruits, new and old, which I have stored up for you, my beloved.

  • Prov 7:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

    18 Come, let's take our fill of loving until the morning. Let's solace ourselves with loving.

  • Song 2:13
    73%

    13 The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom. They give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away." Lover

  • Song 1:7
    73%

    7 Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions? Lover

  • Song 4:15-16
    2 verses
    72%

    15 a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, flowing streams from Lebanon. Beloved

    16 Awake, north wind; and come, you south! Blow on my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and taste his precious fruits. Lover

  • Song 3:3-5
    3 verses
    72%

    3 The watchmen who go about the city found me; "Have you seen him whom my soul loves?"

    4 I had scarcely passed from them, when 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, into the room of her who conceived me.

    5 I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, or by the hinds of the field, that you not stir up, nor awaken love, until it so desires.

  • Song 4:6
    72%

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

  • Song 2:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16 My beloved is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.

    17 Until the day is cool, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Bether.

  • Prov 5:19
    71%

    19 A loving doe and a graceful deer-- let her breasts satisfy you at all times. Be captivated always with her love.

  • Song 4:9-10
    2 verses
    70%

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

    10 How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine! The fragrance of your perfumes than all kinds of spices!

  • Song 5:16
    70%

    16 His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem. Friends

  • Song 6:1-3
    3 verses
    70%

    1 Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? Beloved

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

    3 I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine. He browses among the lilies,

  • Song 8:14
    70%

    14 Come away, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices!

  • Song 2:1
    70%

    1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. Lover

  • Song 6:5
    70%

    5 Turn away your eyes from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats, that lie along the side of Gilead.

  • Isa 5:1
    69%

    1 Let me sing for my well beloved a song of my beloved about his vineyard. My beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill.