Song of Solomon 8:12

My vineyard is before my eyes. Be thine the thousand, O Solomon! And two hundred to the keepers of its fruit!

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In The King James Version

My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

In Context

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.

13[[Lov.]] Thou that dwellest in the gardens! Friends listen to thy voice; Let me hear thee!

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Cross References

Proverbs 4:23More than any thing which thou watchest, watch thy heart; For from it goeth forth life.

Acts 20:28Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock over which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the church of the Lord, which he purchased with his own blood.

1 Corinthians 6:20For ye were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body.

1 Thessalonians 2:19For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of glorying? Is it not even ye, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at his coming?

1 Timothy 5:17Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor; especially they who labor in the word and in teaching.

Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 8:9-13

Concern for the Gentiles; Privileges and Duties of the Church. 8 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? 9 If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar. 10 I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour. 11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof… Read the whole commentary →

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