Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Paul’s word to husbands: love your wife the way Christ loved the church, giving yourself up for her.
Song of Solomon 2:16
Song of Solomon 2:16
My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
The simplest vow in the Bible’s love song: my beloved is mine, and I am his.
KJVSong of Solomon 2:16 in context
13The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. 14O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. 15Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. 16My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. 17Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
A love poem celebrating the love between a bride and her groom.
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