The wasf, the groom's head-to-foot praise of the bride: doves' eyes behind her veil, hair as a flock of goats, teeth as shorn ewes, lips a thread of scarlet, neck like David's tower.

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The wasf, the groom's head-to-foot praise of the bride: doves' eyes behind her veil, hair as a flock of goats, teeth as shorn ewes, lips a thread of scarlet, neck like David's tower. 'Thou art all fair, my love; and there is no spot in thee', the line the church has sung of Christ and his bride ever since. She is 'a garden shut up… a spring shut up, a fountain sealed', desire honoring the lock. The chapter ends with her invitation: 'Awake, O north wind… Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his precious fruits.'

Drawn from Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory, Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary and John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament.

Context

Poetry · Solomon — Song of Solomon overview

A. 1–7 Behold, Thou Art Fair: There Is No Spot in Thee
B. 8–16 A Garden Shut Up, a Spring Sealed — Awake, O North Wind

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Song of Solomon 66 verses
- Song of Solomon 6:2My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
- Song of Solomon 6:3I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
- Song of Solomon 6:5Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
- Song of Solomon 6:6Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.
- Song of Solomon 6:7As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
- Song of Solomon 6:11I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
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Song of Solomon 44 verses
- Song of Solomon 4:1Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
- Song of Solomon 4:6Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
- Song of Solomon 4:12A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
- Song of Solomon 4:14Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
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Song of Solomon 13 verses
- Song of Solomon 1:2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
- Song of Solomon 1:14My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En–gedi.
- Song of Solomon 1:15Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.
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Song of Solomon 73 verses
- Song of Solomon 7:3Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
- Song of Solomon 7:4Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bath–rabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.
- Song of Solomon 7:6How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
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Song of Solomon 23 verses
- Song of Solomon 2:13The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
- Song of Solomon 2:16My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
- Song of Solomon 2:17Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
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Song of Solomon 52 verses
- Song of Solomon 5:1I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
- Song of Solomon 5:16His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
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Proverbs 52 verses
- Proverbs 5:15Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.
- Proverbs 5:19Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.
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John 42 verses
- John 4:10Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
- John 4:14But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
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