Song of Solomon 1:6
Gaze not upon me because I am black, Because the sun hath looked upon me! My mother's sons were angry with me; They made me keeper of the vineyards; My vineyard, my own, have I not kept.
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Job 30:30My skin is black, and falleth from me, And my bones burn with heat.
Song of Solomon 8:11Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He let out the vineyard to keepers; Every one was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.
Jeremiah 8:21For the wound of the daughter of my people am I wounded; I mourn; amazement hath taken hold of me.
Lamentations 4:8Now darker than a coal is their countenance; they are not known in the streets. Their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is become dry, like wood.
Matthew 10:22and ye will be hated by all on account of my name. But he that endureth to the end will be saved.
Matthew 10:35For I came to set a man at variance with his father, and a daughter with her mother, and a bride with 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 →