Song of Songs 4:3

He praises her scarlet lips, lovely mouth, and pomegranate-like temples. It continues his delight in her features.

Cross-references · 28

• Song 6:7Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.
• Josh 2:18Behold, when we come into the land, tie this line of scarlet thread in the window which you used to let us down. Gather to yourself into the house your father, your mother, your brothers, and all your father’s household.
• Song 5:16His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.
• Matt 12:35The good man out of his good treasure brings out good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil things.
• Heb 9:19For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
• Lev 14:49–52To cleanse the house he shall take two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
• Song 5:13His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
• Num 19:6The priest shall take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the middle of the burning of the heifer.
• Song 4:11Your lips, my bride, drip like the honeycomb. Honey and milk are under your tongue. The smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
• Lev 14:4then the priest shall command them to take for him who is to be cleansed two living clean birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop.
• Song 7:9Your mouth like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.
• Ps 37:30The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.
• Prov 31:26She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue.
• Ps 45:2You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.
• Ezra 9:6and I said, “My God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God; for our iniquities have increased over our head, and our guiltiness has grown up to the heavens.
• Luke 4:22All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”
• Prov 10:13Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has discernment, but a rod is for the back of him who is void of understanding.
• Eph 4:29Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up as the need may be, that it may give grace to those who hear.
• Prov 10:20–21The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
• Ps 119:13With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
• Num 4:8They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.
• Col 4:6Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
• Col 3:16–17Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.
• Gen 32:10I am not worthy of the least of all the loving kindnesses, and of all the truth, which you have shown to your servant; for with just my staff I crossed over this Jordan; and now I have become two companies.
• Lev 14:6As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water.
• Ezek 16:63that you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth any more, because of your shame, when I have forgiven you all that you have done,” says the Lord Yahweh.’”
• Prov 16:21–24The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.
• 2 Cor 5:18–21But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;

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