7 I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls. 8 O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love. 9 How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?
Song of Solomon 5:7–9
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Song of Solomon 6:1–2
1 Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you. 2 My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
Song of Solomon 3:2–4
2 I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him. 3 I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?” 4 I had just passed them when I foun…
Song of Solomon 1:6–8
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Song of Solomon 8:3–5
3 His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me. 4 O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right. 5 Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; th…
Song of Solomon 8:12–14
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Song of Solomon 7:5–7
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Lamentations 3:50–52
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Song of Solomon 2:9–11
9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice. 10 My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one. 11 For now the winter is past; the rain is over…
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