Song of Songs 4

Treated in 3 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 4:1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; Thine eyes are [as] doves behind thy veil. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of mount Gilead. 2
  • 4:12 A garden shut up is my sister, [my] bride; A spring shut up, a fountain sealed. 1

American Standard Version

Where it is preached

  1. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners · John Bunyan

    Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners; Or, a Brief Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ, to His Poor Servant John Bunyan cites Song 4.1

    …e; but when comforting time was come, I heard one preach a sermon upon those words in the Song 4.1, ‘Behold thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair.’ But at that time he made these t…

  2. Till He Come · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Fragrant Spices from the Mountains of Myrrh cites Song iv. 1

    …g and arresting attention. “Behold, thou art fair, My love; behold, thou art fair.” (Sol. Song iv. 1.) His opinion He publishes abroad even now, and one day from the throne of His glory He w…

  3. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    Of love to God cites Cant. iv. 12

    …only the love is given to God, but the soul. “A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse” (Cant. iv. 12). The heart of a believer is Christ’s garden. The flower growing in it is love mixed with…