Song of Solomon 5:16

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

His speech is most sweet, and he is altogether desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

Cross References

2 Samuel 1:23

“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely! In life and in death they were not divided; they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.

Psalm 119:103

How sweet are thy words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Psalm 148:13

Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his glory is above earth and heaven.

Psalm 19:10

More to be desired are they than gold, even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and drippings of the honeycomb.

Psalm 45:2

You are the fairest of the sons of men; grace is poured upon your lips; therefore God has blessed you for ever.

Psalm 89:6

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

Song of Solomon 1:16

Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly lovely. Our couch is green;

Song of Solomon 1:2

O that you would kiss me with the kisses of your mouth! For your love is better than wine,

Song of Solomon 1:5

I am very dark, but comely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

Song of Solomon 2:1

I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

Song of Solomon 2:16

My beloved is mine and I am his, he pastures his flock among the lilies.

Song of Solomon 2:3

As an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste,

Song of Solomon 4:3

Your lips are like a scarlet thread, and your mouth is lovely. Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil.

Song of Solomon 6:3

I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

Song of Solomon 7:9

and your kisses like the best wine that goes down smoothly, gliding over lips and teeth.

Jeremiah 15:16

Thy words were found, and I ate them, and thy words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart; for I am called by thy name, O Lord, God of hosts.

Jeremiah 3:20

Surely, as a faithless wife leaves her husband, so have you been faithless to me, O house of Israel, says the Lord.’ ”

Hosea 3:1

And the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is beloved of a paramour and is an adulteress; even as the Lord loves the people of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.”

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me; and the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

Philippians 3:8

Indeed I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as refuse, in order that I may gain Christ

James 2:23

and the scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness”; and he was called the friend of God.

James 4:4

Unfaithful creatures! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.