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The Song of Solomon 8:5, “Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.” My parents loved to watch the Andy Griffith Show. For me, some of the most […]

The Song of Solomon 8:1-2, “O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised. I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother’s house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to […]

The Song of Solomon 7:10, “I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.” There are two other times in this inspired Song that we’ve read similar words to our study verse. 2:16, “My beloved is mine, and I am his:…” and 6:3, “I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine:…” Now in […]

The Song of Solomon 7:7, “This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.” In chapter seven of this beautifully inspired Song, we are able to see the Shulamite quite differently than chapter four (The Song of Solomon 4:5, “Thy two breasts are like two young roes that […]

The Song of Solomon 7:4, “Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.” Solomon, in his description of his beloved Shulamite, now comes to her neck, eyes and nose. As I’ve […]

The Song of Solomon 7:2, “Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.” The Song of Solomon chapter seven declares unto us the lovely words of Solomon as he speaks about his beloved Shulamite. The nearness and intimacy of the […]

Solomon’s Song 7:1, “How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter!” Chapter seven of the Song of Solomon begins with Solomon declaring the beauty of his beloved Shulamite. In chapter four he tells how beautiful she is and begins with her hair. Here in chapter seven he begins with her feet. In Solomon’s […]

Genesis 5:32, “And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.” Genesis 7:6, “And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.” Genesis 6:3, “And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet […]

The Song of Solomon 6:11-12, “I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates budded. Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.” In the Song of Solomon 6:11-12 we find the Shulamite, […]

The Song of Solomon 6:10, “Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?” The Song of Solomon 6:10 is a verse that has been debated for generations. Who is speaking, Solomon or the daughters of Jerusalem? Solomon has already […]