Song of Solomon 1:2
fragranced with the finest perfumes. Bride to Groom: Your name is oil that has been poured out; therefore, the maidens have loved you.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 29:11And having watered the flock, he kissed her. And lifting up his voice, he wept.
Psalms 2:12Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, and you would perish from the way of the just.
Psalms 63:3You have protected me from the assembly of the malignant, from a multitude of workers of iniquity.
Song of Solomon 2:4He brought me into the storeroom of wine. He set charity in order within me.
Song of Solomon 5:16His hands are smoothed gold, full of hyacinths. His abdomen is ivory, accented with sapphires.
Song of Solomon 7:9Groom: I said, I will ascend to the palm tree, and take hold of its fruit. And your breasts will be like clusters of grapes on the vine. And the fragrance of your mouth will be like apples.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 1:2
Song of Solomon All scripture, we are sure, is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for the support and advancement of the interests of his kingdom among men, and it is never the less so for there being found in it some things dark and hard to be understood, which those that are unlearned and unstable wrest to their own destruction. In our belief both of the divine extraction and of the spiritual exposition of this book we are confirmed by the ancient, constant, and concurring testimony both of the… Read the whole commentary →