Song of Songs 8:8-9 We have a little sister,and she has no breasts.What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for? If she is a wall,we will build on her a battlement of silver,but if she is a door,we will enclose...
Song of Solomon 4:7 “You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you.” Paintings, photographs, movies, songs, books, or poetry – all of these are poetic ways in which the universal beauty of love is expressed...
Song of Songs 3:1-5 The Bride's Dream On my bed by nightI sought him whom my soul loves;I sought him, but found him not. I will rise now and go about the city,in the streets and in the squares;I will seek him whom my soul loves.I sought him...
Song of Songs is the book of the Bible that causes us to blush. It is the book we often avoid. What is erotic love poetry filled with strange metaphors doing in the Bible, and how does it teach us about God? If you have felt this way reading Song...
Proverbs 30:32-33 "If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth. For pressing milk produces curds, pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife." Everyone...
Song of Songs 1:5-6 I am very dark, but lovely,O daughters of Jerusalem,like the tents of Kedar,like the curtains of Solomon. Do not gaze at me because I am dark,because the sun has looked upon me.My mother’s sons were angry with me;they...
"Who can find her indeed! She doesn't live in this house!" I have often thought these words to myself as I've read through the familiar verses describing the perfection of the Proverbs 31 woman. This ideal woman is busy, creative, adept at...
Proverbs 29:1 He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck, will suddenly be broken beyond healing. (ESV) Proverbs 29:6 An evil man is ensnared in his transgression, but a righteous man sings and rejoices. (ESV) Proverbs 29...
Proverbs 28:7 The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding, but a companion of gluttons shames his father. Proverbs 28:7 is actually in the middle of an extended series of proverbial sayings with a common theme: Oppressing the...
Perhaps not surprisingly, the various authors of Proverbs are united in presenting patience as a virtue, in keeping with wisdom, and anger as a vice, in keeping with foolishness. So in Proverbs, the benefits of patience are extolled while anger...