13 His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
Song of Solomon 5:13
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Song of Solomon 7:3–5
3 Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle. 4 Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus. 5 Your head crowns you like Mount Car…
Song of Solomon 4:10–12
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Song of Solomon 4:2–4
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Song of Solomon 1:9–11
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Song of Solomon 1:2–4
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Song of Solomon 6:3–5
3 I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies. 4 You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners. 5 Turn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is li…
Psalms 45:7–9
7 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy. 8 All your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; from palaces of ivory the harps make you glad. 9 The daughters…
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