Song of Solomon 2:3

Modern English Version

Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my delightful one among the young men. I sat down in his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

Cross References

Psalm 45:2

You are fairer than the sons of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

Psalm 45:3

Gird your sword upon your thigh, O Mighty One, with your glory and your majesty.

Psalm 57:1

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me! For in You my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of Your wings will I take refuge, until these calamities pass by.

Psalm 89:6

For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord?

Psalm 91:1

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

Song of Solomon 1:16

Behold, how handsome you are, my lover, and so delightful! Our couch is verdant with leaves.

Song of Solomon 2:5

Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apricots; for I am faint with love.

Song of Solomon 4:13

Your shoots are like a paradise of pomegranates, with most excellent fruits, henna with nard,

Song of Solomon 4:16

Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind! Blow upon my garden, let its fragrance flow abroad. Let my lover come to his garden, and eat its most excellent fruits.

Song of Solomon 5:16

His mouth is most sweet, and he is altogether lovely. He is my lover and he is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

Song of Solomon 7:13

The mandrakes give forth their fragrance, and over our doors are all choice fruits, both new and old, which I have stored up for you, my lover.

Song of Solomon 8:11

Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers. Each one was to bring for its fruit a thousand pieces of silver.

Song of Solomon 8:12

My very own vineyard is before me; you, O Solomon, may have the thousand, and those who tend its fruit two hundred.

Song of Solomon 8:5

Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her lover? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother travailed in labor with you; there she who was in labor bore you.

Isaiah 25:4

For You have been a defense to the poor, a defense to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat; for the breath of the ruthless ones is as a storm against the wall.

Isaiah 32:2

A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a shelter from the tempest, as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.

Isaiah 4:2

In that day the branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be the beauty and the glory for those of Israel who have escaped.

Isaiah 4:6

There shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a shelter from storm and from rain.

Ezekiel 47:12

By the river upon its bank, on this side and on that side, shall grow all kinds of trees for food, whose leaf shall not fade nor shall its fruit fail. They shall bring forth fruit according to their months, because their water issues out of the sanctuary. And their fruit shall be for food and their leaves for medicine.”

Joel 1:12

The vine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; pomegranate, palm, and apple — all the trees of the field are dry; surely joy has withered away from the sons of men.

Hebrews 12:2

Let us look to Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Judges 9:15

“The thorn bush said to the trees, ‘If you really want to anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade. If not, let fire come out from the thorn bush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!’