Song of Solomon 8:7

Many waters cannot quench charity, neither can the floods drown it: if a man should give all the substance of his house for love, he shall despise it as nothing.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy as hard as hell, the lamps thereof are fire and flames.

8Our sister is little, and hath no breasts. What shall we do to our sister in the day when she is to be spoken to?

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Cross References

Genesis 39:19And said: The Hebrew servant, whom thou best brought, came to me to abuse me.

Proverbs 6:35Nor will he yield to any man's prayers, nor will he accept for satisfaction ever so many gifts.

Matthew 7:24Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock,

Romans 13:8Owe no man any thing, but to love one another. For he that loveth his neighbour, hath 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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