Song of Songs 6:2

The bride answers that her beloved has gone to his garden to enjoy its delights. He has not truly been lost, but is near in his own place of intimacy.

Cross-references · 19

• Song 5:13His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
• Song 6:11I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom.
• John 17:24Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
• Isa 40:11He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
• Song 2:1–2I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.
• Zeph 3:17The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
• Matt 28:20and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
• 1 Th 4:13–14Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
• John 14:3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.
• Rev 7:17For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
• Matt 18:20For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”
• Song 1:7–8Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
• Isa 58:11The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
• John 4:34–35Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
• Ezek 34:23I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
• Isa 57:1The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
• Phil 1:21–23For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
• Song 4:12My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.
• Isa 61:11For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.

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