Oh, that he would kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.

They are more desirable than gold-- than an abundance of pure gold; and sweeter than honey-- than honey dripping from the comb.

How sweet Your word is to my taste-- [sweeter] than honey to my mouth.

Your words were found, and I ate them. Your words became a delight to me and the joy of my heart, for I am called by Your name, LORD God of Hosts.

How handsome you are, my love. How delightful! Our bed is lush with foliage;

I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.

Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest, so is my love among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

You are the most handsome of men; grace flows from your lips. Therefore God has blessed you forever.

For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?

Let them praise the name of the LORD, for His name alone is exalted. His majesty covers heaven and earth.

For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us, and the government will be on His shoulders. He will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.

The dominion will be vast, and its prosperity will never end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from now on and forever. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of Him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them filth, so that I may gain Christ

For it stands in Scripture: Look! I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and valuable cornerstone, and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame!

So the honor is for you who believe; but for the unbelieving, The stone that the builders rejected-- this One has become the cornerstone, and

My love is mine and I am his; he feeds among the lilies.

I am my love's and my love is mine; he feeds among the lilies.

and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

However, as a woman may betray her lover, so you have betrayed Me, house of Israel. [This is] the LORD's declaration.

Then the LORD said to me, "Go again; show love to a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, just as the LORD loves the Israelites though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes."

So the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness, and he was called God's friend.

Adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? So whoever wants to be the world's friend becomes God's enemy.