"Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name {is as} ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee." — Song of Solomon 1:3

Song of Solomon 1:3 · KJV

“Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name {is as} ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.”

— Song of Solomon 1:3

Verse 2

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love {is} better than wine. {thy...: Heb. thy loves}

Verse 4

Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. {the upright...: or, they love thee uprightly}

Song of Solomon 1 — Context

The song of songs, which {is} Solomon's.

Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love {is} better than wine. {thy...: Heb. thy loves}

Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name {is as} ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

I {am} black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

Cross References

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good name {is} better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

Exodus 30:23-28

Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred {shekels}, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, {even} two hundred and fifty {shekels}, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty {shekels},

John 12:3

Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.

Song of Solomon 4:10

How fair is thy love, my sister, {my} spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

Psalms 45:7-8

Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Philippians 2:9-10

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

Revelation 14:4

These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, {being} the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. {redeemed: Gr. bought}

2 Corinthians 2:14-16

Now thanks {be} unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.