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Song of Solomon 2:11I am a meadow flower from Sharon, a lily from the valleys. The Lover to His Beloved:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 14:5Isa 57:15Isa 35:1-2Song 5:13Song 2:16Song 6:3Ps 85:11
Song of Solomon 2:22Like a lily among the thorns, so is my darling among the maidens. The Beloved about Her Lover:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 2:12Isa 55:13Matt 10:16Matt 6:28-29Phil 2:15-16
Song of Solomon 2:33Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste. The Beloved about Her Lover:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Song 8:5Heb 1:1-6Isa 25:4Isa 32:2Heb 12:2John 1:14-181 John 1:3-4Ezek 47:12Heb 3:1-6Heb 7:23-26
Song of Solomon 2:44He brought me into the banquet hall, and he looked at me lovingly.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 15:9-15Rom 5:8-10Rom 8:28-39Song 1:4Rev 3:20Ps 84:10Isa 11:10Song 6:4John 14:21-23Ps 20:5
Song of Solomon 2:55Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Song 5:82 Sam 6:19Hos 3:12 Sam 13:1-2Isa 26:8-9Luke 24:32Phil 1:23Ps 119:130-131Ps 4:6-7Ps 42:1-2
Song of Solomon 2:66His left hand is under my head, and his right hand embraces me. The Beloved to the Maidens:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 54:5-10Zeph 3:17Jer 32:41Song 8:3-5Eph 5:25-29Isa 62:4-5John 3:29Prov 4:8
Song of Solomon 2:77I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the young does of the open fields: Do not awaken or arouse love until it pleases! The Beloved about Her Lover:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Song 3:5Song 8:4Song 1:5Prov 5:19Song 5:8-9Eph 5:22-33Song 2:9Song 5:16
Song of Solomon 2:88Listen! My lover is approaching! Look! Here he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills!Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 10:27Isa 52:7John 3:29Rev 3:20Song 2:172 Sam 6:16Acts 14:10Acts 3:8Isa 35:6Isa 40:3-4
Song of Solomon 2:99My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the window, peering through the lattice. The Lover to His Beloved:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Song 8:14Song 2:171 Cor 13:121 Pet 1:10-122 Cor 3:13-182 Sam 2:18Col 2:17Eph 2:14-15Heb 10:1Heb 10:19-20
Song of Solomon 2:1010My lover spoke to me, saying: “Arise, my darling; My beautiful one, come away with me!Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Song 2:13Song 4:7-8Rev 22:172 Cor 11:22 Cor 6:17-18Ps 45:10-11Rev 19:7-9Song 2:82 Sam 23:3Gen 12:1-3
Song of Solomon 2:1111Look! The winter has passed, the winter rains are over and gone.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 60:1-2Eccl 3:11Eph 5:8Isa 54:6-8Eccl 3:4Isa 40:2Matt 5:4Rev 11:14-15Isa 12:1-2
Song of Solomon 2:1212Blossoms have appeared in the land, the time for pruning and singing has come; the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 55:12Col 3:16Jer 8:7Ps 148:7-13Ps 89:15Eph 1:13-14Eph 5:18-20Hos 14:5-7Isa 35:1-2Isa 42:10-12
Song of Solomon 2:1313The fig tree has ripened its figs, the vines have blossomed and give off their fragrance. Arise, come away my darling; my beautiful one, come away with me!” The Lover to His Beloved:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Song 2:102 Cor 6:1-2Isa 55:10-11Isa 61:11Luke 13:6-7Song 7:11-132 Cor 5:20Hag 2:19Hos 14:6Isa 18:5
Song of Solomon 2:1414O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountain crags, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. The Beloved to Her Lover:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 9:5-6Song 1:5Song 5:2Exod 3:6Song 8:13Exod 33:22-23Exod 4:11-13Ezek 7:16Heb 4:16Isa 51:3
Song of Solomon 2:1515Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes, that ruin the vineyards — for our vineyard is in bloom. The Beloved about Her Lover:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 13:322 Pet 2:1-3Song 7:12Ps 80:13Ezek 13:4-16Rev 2:2Song 2:13
Song of Solomon 2:1616My lover is mine and I am his; he grazes among the lilies. The Beloved to Her Lover:Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Song 6:3Song 7:10Jer 31:33Ps 48:14Ps 63:11 Cor 3:21-23Gal 2:20Rev 21:2-3Song 1:7Song 2:1
Song of Solomon 2:1717Until the dawn arrives and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved— be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountain gorges.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Song 4:62 Pet 1:19Heb 10:1Heb 8:5Luke 1:78Rom 13:12Song 2:8-9Song 8:14
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