Song of Songs 8:1

The bride wishes she could show her love openly, as freely as kissing a brother in public, without reproach. She longs for an unhindered, unashamed love.

Cross-references · 38

• Zech 9:9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
• Ps 45:10–11Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;
• Gal 4:26But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
• Ps 102:16–17When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
• Isa 66:11–12That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.
• Mal 3:1Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Hag 2:7And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts.
• Isa 7:14Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
• Isa 9:6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
• Isa 60:14The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
• Luke 2:38And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
• John 7:46–52The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
• Phil 3:3For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
• Heb 9:26–28For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
• Matt 13:16–17But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
• Luke 18:9And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
• John 8:42Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
• Luke 7:45–48Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
• Ps 2:12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
• 1 Tim 3:16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
• John 13:3Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
• Luke 2:26–32And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
• Ps 51:17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
• John 1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• Phil 3:7–8But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.
• John 9:25–38He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
• Luke 9:26For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father’s, and of the holy angels.
• John 16:28I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
• Luke 10:16He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
• Luke 12:8Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
• Song 1:2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
• Mark 14:6–9And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
• Gal 6:14But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
• 1 Cor 1:28And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
• Heb 2:9–14But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
• Mark 12:42–44And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
• Luke 10:23–24And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:
• John 3:13And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

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