Song of Solomon 4:11
Thy lips, O my bride, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
12A garden shut up is my sister, my bride; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
Cross References
Genesis 27:27And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son Is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed:
Psalms 45:8All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.
Psalms 71:23My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing praises unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
Proverbs 5:2That thou mayest preserve discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
Proverbs 16:24Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Song of Solomon 4:3Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy mouth is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind thy veil.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 4:9-15
The Love of Christ to the Church. 8 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. 9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. 10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! 11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as… Read the whole commentary →