Song of Songs 6

Treated in 7 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 6:11 I went down to the grove of nut trees to look at the new growth in the valley, to see if the vines had budded and the pomegranates were in bloom. 4
  • 6:2 My beloved has gone down into his garden, to the spice beds, to browse in the gardens and gather lilies. 1
  • 6:4 You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling, as lovely as Jerusalem, as awe-inspiring as an army with its banners. 1
  • 6:5 Turn your eyes away from me; they overpower me. Your hair is like a flock of goats pouring down the slopes of Gilead. 1
  • 6:6 Your teeth are like a flock of ewes that have come up from the washing; each one has its twin, and not one of them is missing. 1
  • 6:7 Your cheeks behind your veil are like halves of a pomegranate. 1
  • 6:13 Come back, come back, Shulammite; come back, come back, so that we may look at you! Why do you want to look at the Shulammite as at the dance of Mahanaim? 1

Open Word Bible

Where it is preached

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

    Communion Preserved cites Cant. vi. 2

    …be glory and dominion, for ever and ever. Amen. a Luke xxiv. 17. b Mal. iii. 16, 17. c Cant. vi. 2. d 1 Kings, iii. 24.

  2. Union and Communion · Hudson Taylor

    Section V cites Cant. vi. 11

    Fruits of Recognized Union Cant. vi. 11-viii. 4. In the second and fourth sections of this book we found the communion of the…

  3. Union and Communion · Hudson Taylor

    Section VI cites Cant. vi. 11

    …Himself and the communion was restored, to be interrupted no more. The fifth section (Cant. vi. 11-viii. 4), as we have seen, describes not only the mutual satisfaction and delight of the…

  4. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Sixth Stage cites Song 6:11

    …they were thus talking, they were presented with another dish, and it was a dish of nuts. Song 6:11. Then said some at the table, Nuts spoil tender teeth, especially the teeth of children…

  5. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Growth in Grace cites Cant 6:11

    …or chief delight. Christ loves to see the vine flourishing, and the pomegranates budding. Cant 6:11: He accepts the truth of grace, but commends the growth of grace. ‘I have not found so…

  6. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Sanctification cites Cant. vi. 13

    …at his best, is a field occupied by two rival camps, and the “company of two armies.” (Cant. vi. 13.) Let the words of the Thirteenth and Fifteenth Articles be well considered by all…

  7. Till He Come · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Fragrant Spices from the Mountains of Myrrh cites Song vi. 4-7

    …she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her.” (Sol. Song vi. 4-7, 9.) The beauty which He admires is universal, He is as much enchanted with her temples…