Song of Solomon 8:7

Much water may not put out love, or the deep waters overcome it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be judged a price not great enough.

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In The King James Version

Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

In Context

6Put me as a sign on your heart, as a sign on your arm; love is strong as death, and wrath bitter as the underworld: its coals are coals of fire; violent are its flames.

8We have a young sister, and she has no breasts; what are we to do for our sister in the day when she is given to a man?

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Cross References

Genesis 39:19And hearing his wife's account of what his servant had done, he became very angry.

Proverbs 6:35He will not take any payment; and he will not make peace with you though your money offerings are increased.

Matthew 7:24Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;

Romans 13:8Be in debt for nothing, but to have love for one another: for he who has love for his neighbour has kept all the law.

Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 8:6-8

The Church's Dependence on Christ; The Love of the Church to Christ. 5 Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee. 6 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. 7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods… Read the whole commentary →

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