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Song of Solomon Chapter 8

Song of Solomon
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Song of Solomon

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The chapter portrays the beloved’s yearning to see his beloved and the lover’s fierce desire to meet her, filled with vivid images of her beauty and the intensity of their love. It underscores the overwhelming power of romantic passion and the deep longing that drives the lovers toward union.

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(1) O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
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Isaiah 7:14Isaiah 9:6Haggai 2:7Zechariah 9:9Malachi 3:1Matthew 13:16Matthew 13:17Luke 2:26Luke 2:27Luke 2:28Luke 2:29Luke 2:30

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Luke 12:53Ecclesiastes 8:17

(2) I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
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Song of Solomon 3:4Galatians 4:26Luke 16:29Luke 16:30Luke 16:31John 5:39John 5:46John 5:47Acts 17:11Acts 17:12II Timothy 3:15I Peter 1:10

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Mark 2:22Matthew 9:17Genesis 29:10

(3) His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.
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Song of Solomon 2:6Deuteronomy 33:27Isaiah 62:4Isaiah 62:5II Corinthians 12:9

(4) I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.
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Song of Solomon 2:7Song of Solomon 3:5

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Song of Solomon 2:7Song of Solomon 3:5Luke 6:32Judges 5:12Genesis 27:46Genesis 31:43

(5) Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.
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Song of Solomon 3:6Song of Solomon 6:10Song of Solomon 4:8Psalms 45:10Psalms 45:11Psalms 107:2Psalms 107:3Psalms 107:4Psalms 107:5Psalms 107:6Psalms 107:7Psalms 107:8

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Isaiah 41:19Joel 1:12Ezekiel 17:24Luke 12:53Song of Solomon 5:9Genesis 2:9

(6) Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
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Exodus 28:9Exodus 28:10Exodus 28:11Exodus 28:12Exodus 28:21Exodus 28:29Exodus 28:30Isaiah 49:16Jeremiah 22:24Haggai 2:23Zechariah 3:9II Timothy 2:19

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Luke 6:32Proverbs 26:21Hosea 3:1I John 2:15I John 4:16I John 4:18

(7) Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
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Isaiah 43:2Matthew 7:24Matthew 7:25Romans 8:28Romans 8:29Romans 8:30Romans 8:31Romans 8:32Romans 8:33Romans 8:34Romans 8:35Romans 8:36

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Luke 6:32Hosea 3:1I John 2:15I John 4:16I John 4:18II Samuel 1:26

(8) We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?
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Ezekiel 16:46Ezekiel 16:55Ezekiel 16:56Ezekiel 16:61Ezekiel 23:33John 10:16Acts 15:14Acts 15:15Acts 15:16Acts 15:17Romans 15:9Romans 15:10

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Leviticus 20:19Ruth 1:15I Kings 11:19Ezekiel 16:46Ezekiel 23:11Proverbs 6:10

(9) If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
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Song of Solomon 2:9Revelation 21:12Revelation 21:13Revelation 21:14Revelation 21:15Revelation 21:16Revelation 21:17Revelation 21:18Revelation 21:19Isaiah 58:12Isaiah 60:17Isaiah 61:4

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Ezekiel 8:8Ezekiel 41:3Exodus 38:17II Chronicles 26:6

(10) I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
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Song of Solomon 4:5Song of Solomon 7:3Song of Solomon 7:4Song of Solomon 7:7Song of Solomon 7:8Ezekiel 16:7Genesis 6:8Deuteronomy 7:7Deuteronomy 7:8Proverbs 3:4Isaiah 60:10Luke 1:30

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II Chronicles 26:6II Chronicles 32:5

(11) Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.
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Song of Solomon 7:12Ecclesiastes 2:4Isaiah 5:1Isaiah 5:2Isaiah 5:3Isaiah 5:4Isaiah 5:5Isaiah 5:6Isaiah 5:7Matthew 21:33Matthew 21:34Matthew 21:35

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Deuteronomy 22:9I Kings 21:6Song of Solomon 8:12Exodus 22:5Leviticus 19:10I Kings 21:2

(12) My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.
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Song of Solomon 1:6Proverbs 4:23Acts 20:28I Timothy 4:15I Timothy 4:16Psalms 72:17Psalms 72:18Psalms 72:19Romans 14:7Romans 14:8Romans 14:9I Corinthians 6:20

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Deuteronomy 22:9Song of Solomon 8:11Deuteronomy 28:4Deuteronomy 28:11Deuteronomy 30:9Ezekiel 47:12

(13) Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.
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Song of Solomon 2:13Song of Solomon 4:16Song of Solomon 6:2Song of Solomon 6:11Song of Solomon 7:11Song of Solomon 7:12Matthew 18:20Matthew 28:20John 14:21John 14:22John 14:23Song of Solomon 1:7

(14) Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.
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Song of Solomon 2:17Luke 19:12Philippians 1:23Revelation 22:17Revelation 22:20

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Song of Solomon 2:17Song of Solomon 2:9Song of Solomon 5:9Deuteronomy 22:6Joshua 11:21Zechariah 6:1

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