Song of Solomon 3:4 · KJV
“{It was} but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.”
— Song of Solomon 3:4
The watchmen that go about the city found me: {to whom I said}, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake {my} love, till he please.
Song of Solomon 3 — Context
I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
3The watchmen that go about the city found me: {to whom I said}, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
4{It was} but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
5I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake {my} love, till he please.
6Who {is} this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Cross References
Proverbs 8:17
I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Song of Solomon 8:2
I would lead thee, {and} bring thee into my mother's house, {who} would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.
Song of Solomon 6:12
Or ever I was aware, my soul made me {like} the chariots of Amminadib. {Or ever...: Heb. I knew not} {made...: or, set me on the chariots of my willing people}
Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Proverbs 4:13
Take fast hold of instruction; let {her} not go: keep her; for she {is} thy life.
Lamentations 3:25
The LORD {is} good unto them that wait for him, to the soul {that} seeketh him.
Isaiah 45:19
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
Isaiah 55:6-7
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
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