Song of Solomon 8:1

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Song of Solomon 8:1–3 · Berean Standard Bible

1 O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.

2 I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.

3 His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.

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Isaiah 7:14

Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel.

Isaiah 9:6

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Haggai 2:7

I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.

Zechariah 9:9

Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

Malachi 3:1

“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Matthew 13:16

But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.

Matthew 13:17

For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

Luke 2:26

The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

Luke 2:27

Led by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for Him what was customary under the Law,

Luke 2:28

Simeon took Him in his arms and blessed God, saying:

Luke 2:29

“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.

Luke 2:30

For my eyes have seen Your salvation,

Luke 2:31

which You have prepared in the sight of all people,

Luke 2:32

a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”

Luke 2:38

Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Luke 10:23

Then Jesus turned to the disciples and said privately, “Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.

Luke 10:24

For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”

1 Timothy 3:16

By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.

Hebrews 2:11

For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.

Hebrews 2:12

He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.”

Isaiah 66:11

so that you may nurse and be satisfied at her comforting breasts; you may drink deeply and delight yourselves in her glorious abundance.

Isaiah 66:12

For this is what the LORD says: “I will extend peace to her like a river, and the wealth of nations like a flowing stream; you will nurse and be carried on her arm, and bounced upon her knees.

Galatians 4:26

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother.

John 1:14

The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 3:13

No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

John 8:42

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.

John 13:3

Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.

John 16:28

I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”

Hebrews 2:9

But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.

Hebrews 2:10

In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.

Hebrews 2:13

And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”

Hebrews 2:14

Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,

Hebrews 9:26

Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

Hebrews 9:27

Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

Hebrews 9:28

so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.

Song of Solomon 1:2

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.

Psalms 2:12

Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and you perish in your rebellion, when His wrath ignites in an instant. Blessed are all who take refuge in Him.

Psalms 45:10

Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,

Psalms 45:11

and the king will desire your beauty; bow to him, for he is your lord.

Luke 7:45

You did not greet Me with a kiss, but she has not stopped kissing My feet since I arrived.

Luke 7:46

You did not anoint My head with oil, but she has anointed My feet with perfume.

Luke 7:47

Therefore I tell you, because her many sins have been forgiven, she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”

Luke 7:48

Then Jesus said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”

Luke 9:26

If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

Luke 12:8

I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.

John 7:46

“Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.

John 7:47

“Have you also been deceived?” replied the Pharisees.

John 7:48

“Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?

John 7:49

But this crowd that does not know the law, they are under a curse.”

John 7:50

Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,

John 7:51

“Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?”

John 7:52

“Aren’t you also from Galilee?” they replied. “Look into it, and you will see that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”

John 9:25

He answered, “Whether He is a sinner I do not know. There is one thing I do know: I was blind, but now I see!”

John 9:26

“What did He do to you?” they asked. “How did He open your eyes?”

John 9:27

He replied, “I already told you, and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become His disciples?”

John 9:28

Then they heaped insults on him and said, “You are His disciple; we are disciples of Moses.

John 9:29

We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”

John 9:30

“That is remarkable indeed!” the man said. “You do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes.

John 9:31

We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.

John 9:32

Never before has anyone heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.

John 9:33

If this man were not from God, He could do no such thing.”

John 9:34

They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.

John 9:35

When Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, He found the man and said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man ?”

John 9:36

“Who is He, Sir?” he replied. “Tell me so that I may believe in Him.”

John 9:37

“You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”

John 9:38

“Lord, I believe,” he said. And he worshiped Jesus.

Galatians 6:14

But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

Philippians 3:3

For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—

Philippians 3:7

But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.

Philippians 3:8

More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ

Psalms 51:17

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.

Psalms 102:16

For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.

Psalms 102:17

He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

Mark 12:42

Then one poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amounted to a small fraction of a denarius.

Mark 12:43

Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more than all the others into the treasury.

Mark 12:44

For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”

Mark 14:6

But Jesus said, “Leave her alone; why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.

Mark 14:7

The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.

Mark 14:8

She has done what she could to anoint My body in advance of My burial.

Mark 14:9

And truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

Isaiah 60:14

The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

Luke 10:16

Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

Luke 18:9

To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:

1 Corinthians 1:28

He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,