Song of Solomon 8:7

Set me like a seal upon your heart, like a seal upon your arm. For love is strong, like death, and envy is enduring, like hell: their lamps are made of fire and flames.

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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

6Groom to Bride: Under the apple tree, I awakened you. There your mother was corrupted. There she who bore you was violated.

8A multitude of waters cannot extinguish love, nor can a river overwhelm it. If a man were to give all the substance of his house in exchange for love, he would despise it as nothing.

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Cross References

Genesis 39:19His lord, upon hearing these things, and having excessive trust in the words of his mate, was very angry.

Proverbs 6:35nor will he agree to the pleadings of anyone, nor will he accept, as repayment, a multitude of gifts.

Matthew 7:24Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and does them shall be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock.

Romans 13:8You should owe nothing to anyone, except so as to love one another. For whoever loves his neighbor has fulfilled 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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