Song of Solomon 7:12

¹¹I went down into the nut tree grove, to see the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower.

²⁴Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love. Amen.

⁶How beautiful and how pleasant you are, love, for delights!

⁵Examine your own selves, whether you are in the faith. Test your own selves. Or don’t you know about your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.

⁵For this cause I also, when I couldn’t stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.

⁶But Timothy has just now come to us from you, and brought us glad news of your faith and love, and that you have good memories of us always, longing to see us, even as we also long to see you.

⁵For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house.

³Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. ⁴So I will bless you while I live. I will lift up my hands in your name. ⁵My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips, ⁶when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches. ⁷For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings. ⁸My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.

¹⁶Awake, north wind, and come, you south! Blow on my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and taste his precious fruits.

¹³The fig tree ripens her green figs. The vines are in blossom. They give out their fragrance. Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.”

²⁵Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.