I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, an
O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for you
Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me, as a man is awakened from his sleep.
but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blesse
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the Law of the LORD.
His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.
and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.
So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.
Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.
My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.
You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.
I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for lov
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel o
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, H
Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
Just as many were appalled at Him—His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond h
I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scor
On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.
Then Jesus returned to the disciples and found them sleeping. “Were you not able to keep watch with Me for one hour?” He
While he was speaking with me, I fell into a deep sleep, with my face to the ground. Then he touched me, helped me to my
But the wise ones took oil in flasks along with their lamps.
For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that One died for all, therefore all died.
For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger an
When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice.
Early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up and went out to a solitary place to pray.
So it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise up from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.
In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments, and because they are worthy, they will walk w
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by
Meanwhile Peter and his companions were overcome by sleep, but when they awoke, they saw Jesus’ glory and the two men st
These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. Th