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Song of Solomon Chapter 1

Song of Solomon
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Song of Solomon

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In this chapter the king of Israel, Solomon, expresses his deep love for his beloved and asks his father to give her to him. He describes the beauty of her and the joy he feels, emphasizing his desire and the king's willingness to provide her. The chapter sets the tone of passionate longing and the promise of a divine plan to fulfill their love.

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(1) The song of songs, which is Solomon's.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 14:1Isaiah 5:1I Kings 4:32

(2) Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Song of Solomon 5:16Song of Solomon 8:1Genesis 27:26Genesis 27:27Genesis 29:11Genesis 45:15Psalms 2:12Luke 15:20Acts 21:7I Peter 5:14Song of Solomon 1:4Song of Solomon 2:4

Related verses (shared words)

Song of Solomon 4:10Hosea 3:1Mark 2:22Luke 6:32Song of Solomon 1:4Matthew 9:17

(3) Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
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Song of Solomon 3:6Song of Solomon 4:10Song of Solomon 5:5Song of Solomon 5:13Exodus 30:23Exodus 30:24Exodus 30:25Exodus 30:26Exodus 30:27Exodus 30:28Psalms 45:7Psalms 45:8

Related verses (shared words)

Luke 6:32Song of Solomon 4:10Hosea 3:1I John 2:15I John 4:16I John 4:18

(4) Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
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Jeremiah 31:3Hosea 11:4John 6:44John 12:32Philippians 2:12Philippians 2:13Psalms 119:32Psalms 119:60Hebrews 12:1Song of Solomon 2:3Song of Solomon 2:4Song of Solomon 2:5

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Luke 6:32Hosea 3:1I John 2:15I John 4:16I John 4:18Song of Solomon 4:10

(5) I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
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Isaiah 53:2Matthew 10:25I Corinthians 4:10I Corinthians 4:11I Corinthians 4:12I Corinthians 4:13I John 3:1Psalms 90:17Psalms 149:4Isaiah 61:10Ezekiel 16:14Matthew 22:11

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Genesis 27:46Genesis 31:43Jeremiah 29:6Ezekiel 16:55I Kings 1:51I Kings 1:53

(6) Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
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Ruth 1:19Ruth 1:20Ruth 1:21Job 30:30Jeremiah 8:21Lamentations 4:8Mark 4:6Acts 14:22Psalms 69:8Jeremiah 12:6Micah 7:6Matthew 10:22

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I Kings 21:6Genesis 29:10

(7) Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
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Song of Solomon 2:3Song of Solomon 3:1Song of Solomon 3:2Song of Solomon 3:3Song of Solomon 3:4Song of Solomon 5:8Song of Solomon 5:10Song of Solomon 5:16Psalms 18:1Psalms 116:1Isaiah 5:1Isaiah 26:9

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Ezekiel 34:8Genesis 30:40Ezekiel 34:10Ezekiel 36:38Zechariah 11:7I Samuel 1:8

(8) If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
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Song of Solomon 1:15Song of Solomon 2:10Song of Solomon 4:1Song of Solomon 4:7Song of Solomon 4:10Song of Solomon 5:9Song of Solomon 6:1Song of Solomon 6:4Song of Solomon 6:5Song of Solomon 6:6Song of Solomon 6:7Song of Solomon 6:8

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Ezekiel 34:8Ezekiel 34:10Ezekiel 34:2Zechariah 11:7Leviticus 23:38Micah 7:14

(10) Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
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Genesis 24:22Genesis 24:47Isaiah 3:18Isaiah 3:19Isaiah 3:20Isaiah 3:21Ezekiel 16:11Ezekiel 16:12Ezekiel 16:13II Peter 1:3II Peter 1:4Song of Solomon 4:9

(11) We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
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Song of Solomon 8:9Genesis 1:26Psalms 149:4Ephesians 5:25Ephesians 5:26Ephesians 5:27Philippians 3:21

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Exodus 38:17

(12) While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
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Song of Solomon 7:5Psalms 45:1Matthew 22:11Matthew 25:34Song of Solomon 4:16Matthew 22:4Matthew 26:26Matthew 26:27Matthew 26:28Luke 24:30Luke 24:31Luke 24:32

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Genesis 27:27Exodus 26:35

(13) A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
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Song of Solomon 4:6Song of Solomon 4:14Song of Solomon 5:1Song of Solomon 5:5Song of Solomon 5:13Genesis 43:11Psalms 45:8John 19:39Song of Solomon 2:7Song of Solomon 3:5Song of Solomon 8:3Song of Solomon 8:4

(14) My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
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Song of Solomon 1:13Song of Solomon 2:3Song of Solomon 4:13Song of Solomon 4:14Joshua 15:62I Samuel 23:29I Samuel 24:1

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Song of Solomon 5:9

(16) Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
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Song of Solomon 2:3Song of Solomon 5:10Song of Solomon 5:11Song of Solomon 5:12Song of Solomon 5:13Song of Solomon 5:14Song of Solomon 5:15Song of Solomon 5:16Psalms 45:2Zechariah 9:17Philippians 3:8Philippians 3:9

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Song of Solomon 5:9

(17) The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
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Song of Solomon 8:9II Chronicles 2:8II Chronicles 2:9Psalms 92:12I Timothy 3:15I Timothy 3:16Hebrews 11:10I Peter 2:4I Peter 2:5Song of Solomon 7:5Ezekiel 41:16Ezekiel 42:3

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I Kings 7:2

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