Song of Songs 5:16

The bride sums up her praise: her beloved's words are sweet and he is altogether lovely, both her lover and her friend. True love unites desire with deep friendship.

Cross-references · 21

• Ps 45:2You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips, since God has blessed you forever.
• Song 7:9and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.
• Song 6:3I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
• Song 2:3Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
• Song 1:16How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.
• Song 2:16My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
• Song 2:1I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.
• Song 1:2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.
• Isa 9:6–7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
• Hos 3:1Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and offer raisin cakes to idols.”
• Gal 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
• Phil 3:8More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
• Jas 4:4You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.
• Jas 2:23And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
• Ps 148:13Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted; His splendor is above the earth and the heavens.
• Ps 119:103How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth!
• Ps 19:10They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
• Ps 89:6For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
• Jer 15:16Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became my joy and my heart’s delight. For I bear Your name, O LORD God of Hosts.
• 1 Pet 2:6–7For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
• Jer 3:20But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.

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