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Song of Solomon 3:1

Song of Solomon 3:1 is verse 1 of Song of Solomon chapter 3, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.

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King James Version

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

World English Bible

By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn’t find him.

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Song of Solomon 3:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.

2 I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.

3 I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 4:4

Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah

Psalms 6:6

I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

Psalms 22:2

I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

Psalms 63:6

When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.

Psalms 63:7

For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.

Psalms 63:8

My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me.

Psalms 77:2

In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.

Psalms 77:3

I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah

Psalms 77:4

You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.

Isaiah 26:9

My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

Song of Solomon 1:7

Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?

Song of Solomon 5:8

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.

John 21:17

Jesus asked a third time, “Simon son of John, do you love Me?” Peter was deeply hurt that Jesus had asked him a third time, “Do you love Me?” “Lord, You know all things,” he replied. “You know I love You.” Jesus said to him, “Feed My sheep.

1 Peter 1:8

Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

Song of Solomon 5:6

I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.

Job 23:8

If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.

Job 23:9

When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.

Psalms 130:1

Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!

Psalms 130:2

O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.

Isaiah 55:6

Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

Luke 13:24

“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

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