Song of Solomon 1:6
Look not upon me, because I am swarthy, because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were incensed against me. They made me keeper of the vineyards, [but] my own vineyard I have not kept.
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Cross References
Job 30:30My skin is black, [and falls] from me. And my bones are burned with heat.
Song of Solomon 8:11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon. He let out the vineyard to keepers. Every one for the fruit of it was to bring a thousand [pieces] of silver.
Jeremiah 8:21For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am hurt. I mourn. Dismay has taken hold on me.
Lamentations 4:8Their visage is blacker than a coal. They are not known in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones. It is withered. It has become like a stick.
Matthew 10:22And ye will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.
Matthew 10:35For I came to divide a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 1:3-7
The Love of the Church to Christ. 2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. 3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. 4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. 5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of… Read the whole commentary →