Song of Songs 2

Treated in 25 passages across the library.

  • 2:14 My dove, hidden in the clefts of the rock, in the shelter of the cliff, show me your face, let me hear you speak, for your voice is sweet and your face is lovely. 5
  • 2:8 Listen! My beloved! Look, here he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills. 4
  • 2:2 Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women. 3
  • 2:5 Strengthen me with raisin cakes; revive me with apples, for I am faint with love. 3
  • 2:1 I am a crocus of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. 2
  • 2:3 As an apple tree stands among the trees of the woods, so my beloved stands among the young men. With delight I sat down in his shade, and his fruit was sweet in my mouth. 2
  • 2:11 For see, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. 2
  • 2:16 My beloved is mine, and I am his; he grazes among the lilies. 2
  • 2:4 He has taken me into the banquet hall, and the banner he raises over me is love. 1
  • 2:9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. There he stands behind our wall, looking in through the windows, peering through the lattice. 1
  • 2:10 My beloved spoke to me and said, "Get up, my darling, my beautiful one, and come away. 1
  • 2:12 Flowers are appearing in the land; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of the turtledove is heard in our land. 1

Open Word Bible

  1. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of the fellowship which the saints have with Jesus Christ the Son of God cites Cant. ii. 1–7

    …the Son of God — That they have such a fellowship proved, 1 Cor. i. 9; Rev. iii. 20; Cant. ii. 1–7 opened; also Prov. ix. 1–5. Of that distinct communion which we have with the person of…

  2. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of the way the saints hold communion with Christ as to personal grace cites Cant. ii. 16

    …Lord Christ as to personal grace — The conjugal relation between Christ and the saints, Cant. ii. 16; Isa. liv. 5, etc.; Cant. iii. 11, opened — The way of communion in conjugal relation…

  3. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Fifth Stage cites Song 2:1

    …to age endure.” So Christiana asked Prudence who it was that made those curious notes. Song 2:11,12. They are, answered she, our country birds: they sing these notes but seldom, except…

  4. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Cant 2: 2

    …the holy one of God, yet he was in the iron furnace. His spouse is a lily among thorns. Cant 2: 2. Though his sheep have the ear-mark of election upon them, yet they may have their wool…

  5. Practical Religion · J. C. Ryle

    The Great Separation cites Cant. ii. 2

    …obscured with clouds. They shall be beautiful as the lily, no longer choked with thorns. (Cant. ii. 2.) Wretched indeed will the ungodly be! How corrupt will corruption be when left without…

  6. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Man's Chief End cites Cant 2:2

    …in holy love to God. The spouse was amore perculsa, in fainting fits, ‘sick of love.’ Cant 2:2. Thus to love God is to glorify him. He who is the chief of our happiness has the chief…

  7. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of communion with Christ in a conjugal relation, in its consequential affections cites Cant. ii. 3

    …insisted on. The spouse tells us that she sits down under his shadow with great delight, Cant. ii. 3. And this delight to be vigorous and active, she manifests several ways; wherein we…

  8. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.4 The Fourth Commandment cites Cant 2: 3

    …‘I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.’ Cant 2: 3. How can a spiritual heart choose but call the Sabbath a delight? Is it not delightful to…

  9. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Assurance cites Cant 2:4

    …and sacrament. ‘He brought me to the banqueting-house, and his banner over me was love.’ Cant 2:4. The blessed ordinances are the banqueting-house, where God displays the banner of…

  10. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.2 The Second Commandment cites Cant 2: 5

    …is the same as not to love. The spouse is said to be amore perculsa, ‘sick of love.’ Cant 2: 5. The seraphim are so called from their burning love. Love turns saints into seraphim; it…

  11. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    Of love to God cites Cant. ii. 5

    …vii. 30). But our love to God must flame forth. The spouse was sick of love to Christ (Cant. ii. 5). We can never love God as He deserves. As God’s punishing us is less than we deserve…

  12. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    II. It is no sign that affections have the nature of true religion, or that they have not, that they have great effects on the body cites Cant. 2:5

    …Psal. 119:120. Ezra 9:4. Isa. 66:2, 5. Hab. 3:16. groaning,66 Rom. 8:26. being sick,77 Cant. 2:5, and 5:8. crying out,88 Psal. 84:2. panting,99 Psal. 38:10, and 42:1, and 119:131. and…

  13. Union and Communion · Hudson Taylor

    Section II cites Cant. ii. 8

    Communion Broken—Restoration Cant. ii. 8-iii.5 “Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard…

  14. Union and Communion · Hudson Taylor

    Section VI cites Cant. ii. 8

    …her deepest longings, and found His own satisfaction in her. The second section (Cant. ii. 8-iii. 5) showed failure on her part; she was lured back again into the world, and soon…

  15. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Wisdom of God cites Cant 2:8

    …can roll away the stone from the sepulchre. ‘Christ cometh leaping over mountains.’ Cant 2:8. Either his power can remove the mountain, or his wisdom knows how to leap over it. (4.)…

  16. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    Pharisees and Sadducees cites Cant. ii. 8

    …when he hears his Master’s words: he ought to say, “This is the voice of my beloved.” (Cant. ii. 8.) And every kind of word spoken by the Lord Jesus is of the greatest value. Precious as…

  17. The Saint and His Saviour · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Jesus Desired cites Cant. ii. 9

    …22. j Bunyan's Pilgrim. k Charnock's Divine Attributes. l Rutherford. m Jer. xxxi. 18. n Cant. ii. 9. o James v. 17, 18. p Bishop Lavington. q Emmons. r Mr. Sadleir. s Isa. xxxvii. 3. t Lam.…

  18. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    XII. Nothing can be certainly concluded concerning the nature of religious affections, that any are the subjects of, from this, that the outward manifestations of them, and the relation persons give of them, are very affecting and pleasing to the truly godly, and such as greatly gain their charity, cites Cant. 2:11

    …spring season, when the benign influences of the heavens cause the blossoms to put forth. Cant. 2:11, 12. there are vast numbers of them upon the trees, which all look fair and promising…

  19. Till He Come · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Fragrant Spices from the Mountains of Myrrh cites Song ii. 14

    …let Me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.” (Sol. Song ii. 14.) She thinks herself unmeet to keep company with such a Prince, but He entices her from…

  20. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    3.1 Man's Inability to keep the Moral Law cites Cant 2: 14

    …mind, it is accepted.’ 2 Cor 8: 12. ‘Let me hear thy voice, for sweet is thy voice.’ Cant 2: 14. Though the prayers of the righteous are mixed with sin, yet God sees they would pray…

  21. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    4.6 Prayer cites Cant 2: 14

    …play a great while ere you throw him down money, because you love to hear his music. Cant 2: 14. (2) God may delay prayer when he will not deny it, that he may humble us. He has spoken…

  22. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    VIII. Truly gracious affections differ from those affections that are false and delusive, in that they tend to, and are attended with the lamblike, dovelike spirit and temper of Jesus Christ cites Cant. 2:14

    …are as the eyes of doves.” And the church is frequently compared to a dove in Scripture: Cant. 2:14, “O, my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock.” Chap. 5:2, “Open to me, my love, my…

  23. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Adoption cites Cant 2:14

    …coat-armour; sometimes the lion for courage; Prov 28:1; sometimes the dove for meekness; Cant 2:14; sometimes the eagle for flight; Isa 40:01: Thus you see their coat of arms displayed.…

  24. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Marks of the New Birth cites Song 2:16

    …thousand.” He knoweth, he feeleth what that means, “My Beloved is mine, and I am his.” (Song 2:16.) “Thou art fairer than the children of men; full of grace are thy lips, because God hath…

  25. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Tenth Stage cites Song 2:10-12

    …into the country of Beulah, whose air was very sweet and pleasant, Isaiah 62:4-12; Song 2:10-12; the way lying directly through it, they solaced themselves there for a season. Yea, here…