9 How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so? 10 My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand. 11 His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.
Song of Solomon 5:9–11
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Song of Solomon 4:1–2
1 How beautiful you are, my darling— how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead. 2 Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, an…
Song of Solomon 7:5–7
5 Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses. 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.
Psalms 76:3–5
3 There He shattered the flaming arrows, the shield and sword and weapons of war. Selah 4 You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains filled with game. 5 The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
Song of Solomon 6:9–11
9 but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises. 10 Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic… 11 …
Song of Solomon 5:15–16
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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…
Song of Solomon 1:14–16
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. 16 How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.
Song of Solomon 4:6–8
6 Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense. 7 You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw. 8 Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend f…
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