Song of Songs 2:3

The bride praises her beloved as a fruitful apple tree among the trees, finding sweet rest and delight in him. It shows joy, shelter, and satisfaction in his love.

Cross-references · 27

• Song 8:5Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
• Isa 25:4For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,
• Heb 1:1–6On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
• Isa 32:2Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
• Heb 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
• John 1:14–18The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
• Song 2:5Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.
• Song 5:9–10How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?
• Heb 3:1–6Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.
• Ezek 47:12Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will be used for food and their leaves for healing.”
• 1 Jn 1:3–4We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
• Song 5:16His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
• Heb 7:23–26Now there have been many other priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office.
• John 3:29–31The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
• Isa 4:2On that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.
• John 15:1–8“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
• Song 4:16Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.
• Isa 4:6a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.
• Ps 91:1He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
• Ps 57:1For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David, when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy, for in You my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of Your wings I will take shelter until the danger has passed.
• Gen 3:22–24Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
• Judg 9:15But the thornbush replied, ‘If you really are anointing me as king over you, come and find refuge in my shade. But if not, may fire come out of the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon.’
• Ps 89:6For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
• Judg 9:19–20if you have acted faithfully and honestly toward Jerubbaal and his house this day, then may you rejoice in Abimelech, and he in you.
• Ps 45:2You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips, since God has blessed you forever.
• Rev 22:1–2Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
• Ezek 17:23–24I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches.

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