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, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?
• Song 5:9How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us?
• Jas 2:21Wasn’t Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
• Jas 5:10Take, brothers, for an example of suffering and of perseverance, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
• Heb 11:4–40By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.
• Eph 5:27that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without defect.
• 1 Cor 11:1Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.
• Heb 6:12that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.
• Song 4:7You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you.
• Song 4:10How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine! The fragrance of your perfumes than all kinds of spices!
• Ps 45:13The princess inside is all glorious. Her clothing is interwoven with gold.
• Song 2:10My beloved spoke, and said to me, “Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.
• Prov 8:34Blessed is the man who hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my door posts.
• Ps 45:11So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.
• Song 4:1Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is as a flock of goats, that descend from Mount Gilead.
• Song 7:1–13How beautiful are your feet in sandals, prince’s daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a skillful workman.
• Song 1:15Behold, you are beautiful, my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are doves.
• Heb 13:7Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.
• Song 6:4–10You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.
• 1 Pet 3:6as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you now are, if you do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.
• Jer 6:16Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and 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 who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
• Rev 19:7–8Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.”
• John 21:15So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.”
• Jas 2:25In the same way, wasn’t Rahab the prostitute also justified by works, in that she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

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