Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+006     Song of Solomon 6 (ESV) Others 1 Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you? Together in the Garden of Love She 2 My beloved has gone down to his garden to the beds of spices, to graze in…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+005   Song of Solomon 5 (ESV) He 1 I came to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gathered my myrrh with my spice, I ate my honeycomb with my honey, I drank my wine with my milk. Others Eat, friends, drink, and be drunk with love! The Bride Searches for Her Beloved She 2 I slept,…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+004   Song of Solomon 4 (ESV) Solomon Admires His Bride’s Beauty He 1 Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead. 2 Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+003   Song of Solomon 3 (ESV) The Bride’s Dream 1 On my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not. 2 I will rise now and go about the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves. I…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+002   Song of Solomon 2 (ESV) 1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys. He 2 As a lily among brambles, so is my love among the young women. She 3 As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. With…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=SongofSolomon+001   Song of Solomon (or Song of Songs) Traditional wedding celebrations in the Middle East cast the bride and groom in the roles of a king and his queen. The festivities include love songs and also special songs that praise the physical beauty of the bride or the handsomeness…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ecclesiastes+012     Ecclesiastes 12 (ESV) 1Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”; 2 before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened and the clouds return after…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ecclesiastes+011     Ecclesiastes 11 (ESV) 9 Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. 10 Remove vexation from…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ecclesiastes+010     Ecclesiastes 10 (ESV) 1 Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. 2 A wise man’s heart inclines him to the right, but a fool’s heart to the left. 3 Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and…

  Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Ecclesiastes+009     Ecclesiastes 9 (ESV) 7 Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do. 8 Let your garments be always white. Let not oil be lacking on your head. 9 Enjoy life with the wife whom you love, all the days…