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Song of Solomon Chapter 5

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Song of Solomon

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In this chapter the beloved is described as a source of joy and delight, her beauty being likened to a fragrant garden and a fragrant oil. The passage emphasizes the mutual love and the desire for union, portraying the beloved as a treasure that brings pleasure and comfort.

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(1) I am 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, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
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Song of Solomon 4:16Song of Solomon 6:2Song of Solomon 6:11Song of Solomon 8:13Isaiah 5:1Isaiah 51:3Isaiah 58:11Isaiah 61:11John 14:21John 14:22John 14:23Song of Solomon 4:9

Related verses (shared words)

Mark 2:22Song of Solomon 4:11Song of Solomon 5:9Exodus 16:18Numbers 11:32II Chronicles 31:5

(2) I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, 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.
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Song of Solomon 3:1Song of Solomon 7:9Daniel 8:18Zechariah 4:1Matthew 25:4Matthew 25:5Matthew 26:40Matthew 26:41Luke 9:32Ephesians 5:14Song of Solomon 2:8Song of Solomon 2:10

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I Thessalonians 5:7Hosea 3:1Luke 6:32Song of Solomon 5:9Proverbs 20:13Song of Solomon 4:10

(3) I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?
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Proverbs 3:28Proverbs 13:4Proverbs 22:13Matthew 25:5Matthew 26:38Matthew 26:39Matthew 26:40Matthew 26:41Matthew 26:42Matthew 26:43Luke 11:7Romans 7:22

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Ezekiel 1:7Luke 7:38Luke 7:44John 13:14

(4) My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.
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Song of Solomon 1:4Psalms 110:3Acts 16:14II Corinthians 8:1II Corinthians 8:2II Corinthians 8:16Philippians 2:13Genesis 43:30I Kings 3:26Isaiah 26:8Isaiah 26:9I John 3:16

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Song of Solomon 5:9Ezekiel 41:3Exodus 28:32Exodus 39:23

(5) I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
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Song of Solomon 5:2Luke 12:36Ephesians 3:17Revelation 3:20Song of Solomon 5:13Song of Solomon 3:6Song of Solomon 4:13Song of Solomon 4:14II Corinthians 7:7II Corinthians 7:9II Corinthians 7:10II Corinthians 7:11

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Song of Solomon 5:13Exodus 30:23Song of Solomon 5:9Esther 2:12Song of Solomon 5:1

(6) I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
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Psalms 30:7Isaiah 8:17Isaiah 12:1Isaiah 50:2Isaiah 54:6Isaiah 54:7Isaiah 54:8Hosea 5:6Hosea 5:15Matthew 15:22Matthew 15:23Matthew 15:24

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Song of Solomon 5:9Deuteronomy 21:15Song of Solomon 6:1Romans 9:25Philippians 4:1Ecclesiastes 8:17

(7) The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
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Song of Solomon 3:3Isaiah 6:10Isaiah 6:11Hosea 9:7Hosea 9:8Acts 20:29Acts 20:30II Corinthians 11:13Psalms 141:5Hosea 6:5John 16:2Acts 26:9

(8) I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
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Song of Solomon 2:7Song of Solomon 8:4Romans 15:30Galatians 6:1Galatians 6:2James 5:16Psalms 42:1Psalms 42:2Psalms 42:3Psalms 63:1Psalms 63:2Psalms 63:3

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Song of Solomon 5:9Hosea 3:1Luke 6:32Genesis 27:46Genesis 31:43Song of Solomon 2:7

(9) What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
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Isaiah 53:2Matthew 16:13Matthew 16:14Matthew 16:15Matthew 16:16Matthew 16:17Matthew 21:10John 1:14II Corinthians 4:3II Corinthians 4:4II Corinthians 4:5II Corinthians 4:6

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Song of Solomon 6:1Deuteronomy 21:15Song of Solomon 5:6Romans 9:25Philippians 4:1Nehemiah 13:26

(10) My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
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Song of Solomon 2:1Deuteronomy 32:31Psalms 45:17Isaiah 66:19Hebrews 7:26Isaiah 10:18Isaiah 59:19Romans 9:5Philippians 2:9Philippians 2:10Philippians 2:11Colossians 1:18

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Song of Solomon 5:9

(11) His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
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Daniel 2:37Daniel 2:38Ephesians 1:21Ephesians 1:22Song of Solomon 7:5Daniel 7:9Revelation 1:14

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Exodus 39:28

(12) His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
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Song of Solomon 1:15Song of Solomon 4:1Hebrews 4:13

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Genesis 1:6Leviticus 11:9Leviticus 11:10Joshua 3:13Ezekiel 31:4Ezekiel 32:2

(13) His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
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Song of Solomon 1:10Isaiah 50:6Psalms 4:6Psalms 4:7Psalms 27:4Psalms 89:15Revelation 21:23Song of Solomon 3:6Song of Solomon 4:11Psalms 45:2Isaiah 50:4Luke 4:22

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Exodus 30:23Exodus 30:34Song of Solomon 5:5II Chronicles 16:14Isaiah 5:20Jeremiah 6:20

(14) His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
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Exodus 15:6Psalms 44:4Psalms 44:5Psalms 44:6Psalms 44:7Psalms 99:4Isaiah 9:7Isaiah 52:13Song of Solomon 7:2Exodus 24:10Isaiah 54:11Ezekiel 1:26

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Exodus 25:12Exodus 36:34Exodus 37:3

(15) His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
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Revelation 1:15Exodus 26:19Song of Solomon 2:14Judges 13:6Matthew 17:2Matthew 28:3Acts 2:28Revelation 1:16Song of Solomon 4:11Psalms 92:12Hosea 14:7Zechariah 9:17

Related verses (shared words)

Esther 1:6Exodus 38:17Exodus 26:25Exodus 27:16Exodus 39:28Exodus 27:10

(16) His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
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Song of Solomon 1:2Psalms 19:10Psalms 119:103Jeremiah 15:16Song of Solomon 1:16Song of Solomon 2:1Song of Solomon 2:3Psalms 45:2Psalms 89:6Psalms 148:13Isaiah 9:6Isaiah 9:7

Related verses (shared words)

Song of Solomon 5:9Genesis 27:46Genesis 31:43Jeremiah 29:6Ezekiel 16:55

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