Song of Songs 1:8

The beloved (or chorus) tells her to follow the flock's tracks to find him. It counsels seeking him along the known, ordinary paths.

Cross-references · 25

• Song 6:1Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.
• Song 5:9How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?
• Jas 2:21Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
• Jas 5:10Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
• Heb 11:4–40By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
• Eph 5:27and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
• 1 Cor 11:1You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.
• Heb 6:12Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
• Song 4:7You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.
• Song 4:10How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.
• Ps 45:13All glorious is the princess in her chamber; her gown is embroidered with gold.
• Song 2:10My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.
• Prov 8:34Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
• Ps 45:11and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.
• Song 4:1How beautiful you are, my darling—how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.
• Song 7:1–13How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.
• Song 1:15How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
• Heb 13:7Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
• Song 6:4–10You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
• 1 Pet 3:6just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.
• Jer 6:16This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
• Ps 16:3As for the saints in the land, they are the excellence in whom all my delight resides.
• Rev 19:7–8Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready.
• John 21:15When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love Me more than these?” “Yes, Lord,” he answered, “You know I love You.” Jesus replied, “Feed My lambs.”
• Jas 2:25In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute justified by her actions when she welcomed the spies and sent them off on another route?

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