15 Like cinnamon and aspalathus, I have given a scent to perfumes. Like choice myrrh, I spread abroad a pleasant fragrance, like galbanum, onycha, stacte, and as the smell of frankincense in the tabernacle. (WEB) 16 Like the terebinth, I stretched out my branches. My branches are glorious and graceful. (WEB) 17 Like the vine, I put forth grace. My flowers are the fruit of glory and riches. (WEB)
Sirach 24:15–17
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Sirach 50:9–11
9 like fire and incense in the censer, like a vessel of beaten gold adorned with all kinds of precious stones, (WEB) 10 like an olive tree loaded with fruit, and like a cypress growing high among the clouds. (WEB) 11 When he put on his glorious robe, and clothed himself in perfect… (WEB)
Song of Solomon 4:12–14
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Hosea 14:5–7
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Job 29:18–20
18 So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand. 19 My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches. 20 My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
Song of Solomon 7:6–8
6 How fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights! 7 Your stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit. 8 I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of…
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13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts. 14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi. 15 How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
Song of Solomon 2:1–2
1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley. 2 Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
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